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Silk Road
The Silk Road was a trade network that spanned across Asia. It primarily used by Asian traders, but went into Africa and Europe. The routes were known mainly for the silk trade that it facilitated, but there were also countless other items transported on the Silk Road. The road was instrumental in spreading Asian influence during ancient times.
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What was the main item traded on the Silk Road?
Ivory, gold, spices, printed cotton cloth, pearls, precious stone, silk and porcelain
Why was the silk road important during the postclassical era?
The importance of the Silk Road in ancient China was so that trade and the economy to grow and prosper. The Silk Road was used to spread ideas or improvements to make life a little bit better. Also, the Silk Road was designed to trade with other countries or cities all across central Asia. This proved to be a wonderful feature because everyone was able to show off some of the nifty things they had and trade it for something else, such as China's silk and porcelain.
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Why was the Silk Road expensive to use?
Lots of expensive goods were made along the silk road, and with that they would make more money to more people. The silk road was full of different sellers from different places. That's how different materials were spread to different places.
The Silk Road originated in the second century BC. It was named the Silk Road in 1877 by Ferdinand von Richthofen because silk was the major trade product on the road.
What animals did they use on the silk road?
The various items that were traded on Ancient China's Silk Road were high priced goods such as silk, spices, tea, and porcelain. Expensive goods were only taken because merchants had to pay taxes to many kingdoms as they moved the goods East and West.
What did people trade at Dunhuang China on the silk road?
I would say silk and things to store or put water in because it was an oasis town and there was a long desert on te way to Rome or anywhere on the silk road
What were the prices of goods on the silk road?
a lot. one or two daris.
that is a lot in Chinese currency!
What did India trade on the silk road?
India on the ancient silk road traded sandalwood for Rome's olive oil and Saudi Arabia's cloves and especially spices.
How is cultural diffusion related to the silk road?
The Silk Road is an example of cultural diffusion because it is bringing items from one place and introducing to another
What Chinese empire linked with the great silk road?
The road was a network of ancient trade routes that were traveled throughout Asia. Silk began to be traded during the Han Dynasty, which was from about 207 BCE – 220 CE. Marco Polo (1254-1324) traveled farther into China and Mongolia than others during a 24 year trip. The term was first used by the German Ferdinand von Richthofen, who made seven expeditions to China from 1868 to 1872.
What did traders sell on the silk road?
- Silk
- Porcelain
- Tea
- Wine
- Weapons
- Metal work
- Jewelry
- Horses
- Woven goods
- Spices
- Cloth
- Glass
- Crystals
- Wood
- Gold
- Silver
- Amber
- Brassware
- Jade
- Nuts
- Oil
- Fruit
- Peacock feathers
- Sugar
- Horses
- Camels
- Mirrors
- Cotton
- Kashmir
- Buddhist manuscripts
- Sculptures
- Hemp
- Chilies
- Salt
- Mint
- Almonds
- Lapis lazuli
- Saffron
- Dates
- Textiles
- Lapdogs
- Ivory
- Dyes
- Furs
- Incense
- what do you think you bum
How did Indians profit from the silk roads?
What made the silk road so successful was that it was used a lot for trade and travel. People became wealthy using the silk road. The trade provided highly sought after goods, which commanded high prices. It also benefited people all along its route, for instance supplying the west with silk and the Chinese with horses.
How did the silk road and the African gold-salt trade facilitate the spread of ideas and trade?
In both cases, societies were brought into contact through trade. The cultural exchanges that went along with that trade enriched those societies.
How did the silk road get its start?
The Silk Road began at China and ended at Rome.
Where In China?
IDK An: The Silk Road ended at the Mediterranean Sea.
the silk road began in Xi'an
What did people trade to get silk on the Silk Road?
Silk
Teas
Wines
Weapons
Metal Works
jewelry
Horses
Lap dogs
Spices
Cloth
Jade
Gold
Nuts
Amber
and much more
What term the term silk road is a little ironic?
The Silk Road is a historically important international trade route between China and the Mediterranean. Because China silk comprised a large proportion of the trade along this ancient road, in 1877, it was named the 'Silk Road' by Ferdinand von Richthofen, an eminent German geographer
What is 4 goods that flowed through the ancient silk road?
The goods that were spread included paper, food, plants, gold and silver, bamboo, spices, glass, jade, and silk. The ideas that were spread included what people believed in. People from different places were introduced to the the cultures of other traders that came from different places.
What products were sent out of China by the silk road?
The goods carried on the Silk Road moved basically from the East to the West. Judging by the road’s name silk was the main commodity in the list. Thanks to its light weight, compactness, enormous demand and high price it was ideal for trade and long-distance transportation.
In the Middle Ages the Venetian merchant Marco Polo named the caravan routes silk roads. But it was a German researcher Ferdinand Richthofen who coined the term the Great Silk Road in his fundamental work, “Chinaâ€, in1877.
At the initial stage of the Silk Road development Chinese received expensive horses and the seeds of lucerne and grapes. The ancient world had cultivated grapevine and made wines from time immemorial. But for Chinese, separated from other civilizations, grapes were a novelty. Moreover, Chinese envoys were very surprised when they found that it was possible to make wine not only from rice but also from berries unknown to them. Later Chinese discovered for themselves other agricultural crops – string beans, onions, cucumbers, carrots, pomegranates, figs etc.
Various woolen goods, carpets, curtains, blankets and rugs, came to China from Central Asia and East Mediterranean. They made huge impression upon Chinese who were unfamiliar with methods wool and flax processing, carpet manufacture and weaving. Highly appreciated in Ancient China were Parthian tapestries and carpets.
Central Asia exported camels which were very appreciated in China, military equipment, gold and silver, semi-precious stones and glass items. Samarkand made glass was especially valued due to its high quality. It was considered as luxury goods. Other goods were skins, wool, cotton fabrics, gold embroidery, exotic fruits – water-melons, melons and peaches; fat-tailed sheep and hunting dogs, leopards and lions.
From China caravans carried the well-known Chinese china – snow-white vases, bowls, glasses, and dishes with graceful patterns. Only Chinese owned the secret of making the thinnest and resonant porcelain, therefore, it was very expensive in European markets. Bronze ornaments and other products from this metal, ornate bronze mirrors, umbrellas, products from the well-known Chinese varnish, medicines, and perfumery were also popular. Chinese paper, one of the most remarkable inventions of Chinese technical genius, was highly appreciated too. Gold, skins and many other things were exported as well. Merchants also carried tea and rice, woolen and flax fabrics, corals, amber and asbestos. The sacks of merchants were filled with ivory, rhino horns, turtle shells, spices, ceramic and iron items, glaze and cinnamon, ginger, bronze weapons and mirrors.
India was famous for its fabrics, spices and semi-precious stones, dyes, and ivory. Iran – for its silver products. Rome received spices, fragrances, jewels, ivory, and sugar and sent European pictures and luxury goods.
Eastern Europe imported rice, cotton, woolen and silk fabrics from Central Asia and exported considerable volumes of skins, furs, fur animals, bark for skin processing, cattle and slaves to Khoresm. Northern Europe was the source of furs, skins, honey and slaves.
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Does the silk road end at the mediterranean sea?
The silk wasn't an actual road, but more a region of common paths from Europe through the Middle East, India and ending in China.
So you might say that it ended at either the Mediterranean Sea or the Sea of Japan. Depending on which way your cart is pointing.
What was the greatest impact of the Silk Road?
Not true it was the greatest impact. It is just part of history. There are many things that have made a greater impact.
What goods did Xian trade on the Silk Road?
The silk road was a route, so people only used it to carry the spices, silk, perfumes, and other things from China to Europe. It was a dangerous route that went through different countries and it was expensive for the merchant/shipper. These are the reasons a water route was sought.
Is Silk Road opened trade routes between Europe Asia?
The Turks closed it and the also charged those who attempted to pass.
