Silk Road

from europe to china

The Ottoman Empire controlled one leg of the Silk Road and it would have been practically impossible for the Silk Road to have passed outside of Ottoman Territory if a land route were used. (The northern path through Kipchak and Russian territory was so dangerous that nobody would attempt it.) As a result, all silk road trade was controlled and delimited by the Ottomans.

They spoke alot of English

forget him they spoke no English it wasn't invented you idiot. they spoke mongolian, tibetan, mandarin, ugar, Hindi purdu and more

The Buddhist cave temples along Silk Road reflect the beliefs of Chinese people. The art was created during the Han dynasty.

Cultural effect that trade had on the people who used the silk road were, that they were introduced of Buddhism to China. XD

china was famous for silk. the silk road was used for trading. silk was traded so they called it the silk road.

A trade route connecting China to the Meditteranean
An ancient trade route between China and Europe. :P

The Silk Road was probably not planned ahead of time, and then uses were found for it afterwards. It is all about trade. Trade began to develop expand, and trade routes natually followed. It is not called the SILK road for nothing; silk was an amazingly popular and valuable commodity.

It never really did, it just changed. It was a trade route (not really a road) across Asia that was used to deliver goods from the East. By the time the goods got to the West the prices were inflated hundreds of times. Eventually, the Portugese found a maritime route around Africa and got the goods basically first hand and changed the road that way. Colombus tried to go straight around the world to make a route although something blocked his path. Anyhoo, the rest is history--we're trading all over the place.

The value of silk was well known by bandits, raiders and thieves, they would quite often attempt to steal this valuable silk and probably the merchants themselves if they were after slaves. Other dangers would include bad weather, wild animals of the Gobi desert and dehydration.

The reopening of the ancient Silk Road significantly benefited Marco Polo by providing him with direct access to trade routes and cultural exchanges between the East and West. This allowed him to travel extensively through Asia, particularly to China, where he encountered diverse cultures, goods, and ideas. His experiences along the Silk Road not only enriched his understanding of the world but also provided material for his later writings, which captured the imagination of Europeans and contributed to a growing interest in exploration and trade with the East.

because he is the father of the silk road. just kidding. because zhang qian discovered the silk road so every body calls him father of the silk road

The conditions were very harsh due to the sandstorms, hard mountain passes, blizzards, poisonous snakes, and worst of all, bandits. The bandits would ride out and steal all of your provisions, leaving you to die out in the desert. Water routes also contained many dangers, such as pirates, storms and no food or water between ports.

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Marco Polo traveled the Silk Road in 1275.

The Silk Road was a trade route from East Asia (such as China) to Europe. The purpose was that people in Europe would be able to get expensive, luxury goods from Asia, such as spices, silk, and ivory (from Asian elephants). However, it soon became obsolete after Vasco da Gama proved that it was possible to get to India and East Asia via ship by sailing south of Africa (before him, people believed it was too dangerous).

The Silk road stretched from China, through Asia to the Mediterranean

The silk road is an extensive intercontinental network of land and/ or sea trade routes that connect East, South and Western Asia with the Mediterranean world, Europe, North Africa and Somalia. The origin point is China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgistan, Tatzikistan, Uzbekistan, Persia, Iraq, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon [North and Middle silk road]. Bangladesh, Thibet, India, Pakistan, Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf, Red sea, Somalia and Egypt [South road].

about 100 million throughout 1700 years

Because the silk road was long streching from China to the middle east with many different kinds of people traveling along it trading not only their trinkets but their ideas, religion and customs.

A trade route that was most important to the Chinese. The silk road linked China to the rest of the world, and the merchants had protection while traveling on it. Marco Polo traveled on it during the middle ages.

The ancient silk route was an over-land trade route from the middle-east to China. The disadvantages were the length of travel time as well as the great expense, due to the large number of pack animals (i.e camels) required, supplies for said animals as well as people, and losses to raiders and weather conditions (sand storms, drought, etc.). Another disadvantage (to the Europeans) was that silk route trade was jealously guarded (and understandably so) by the Arab merchants.

A variety of goods flowed to the west along the silk road from China and the countries the trade route passed through.

Principle among these was the Chinese silk that the road is named after but the caravans also brought spices, Chinese porcelain, Chinese paper, bronze artworks, lacquered goods, medicines, perfumes and tea.

(There was more merchandise than above, the list is not exhaustive. Also remember goods also flowed the other way, particularly wool products and metals).

UMMMMMMMMM....... SILK?

but seroiusly, silk was traded to Europe and the middle east from china, and horses and guins were the main Chinese import earier, later on, opium and cash floed the other direction

The silk road had a great affect on the Mongolians. For example the silk road helped them direct themselves where they are going, or it would help them understand where they are. While the Mongolians made the silk road many people investigated and found out it was one of the most unique. Also Marco Polo crossed the silk road and once hep appeared back he published an amazing story on crossing the silk road! This was one one of the best achievements!