Silk Road In China

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Speaker notes Slide 1: The silk road. The cultural link between countries in Europe and asia Slide 2: My most important questions are how did the silk road affect the Chinese culture and what goods other than silk were traded on the silk road. My other questions are, did people die on the silk road, if so how many people died on the silk road, how long was the Silk road and over what terrain did it run, which countries benefited and traded on the Silk road, which dynasty began the silk road and how powerful was it, is the silk road still in use, if so who uses it, and how much did the silk road profit China in a year. On the slide, they are in what I consider to be the order of importance. Slide 3: This a map of silk road. The red represents…show more content…
Silk was also used as a diplomatic gift. The silk road trade was very profitable for China, but that meant that prices for silk were very high. The prices were high because China had a monopoly of silk. This made a very good diplomatic gift. Their religion was also affected by the silk road. Buddhism spread to China by way of the silk road. The monks would travel with the carvens and preach Buddhism along the route. The type of buddhism that reached China was slightly different than the original principles of Buddhism and was know as Mahau Buddhism. Architectural styles mixed and jumbled around to make beautiful buildings as well. Styles from countries like India, Georgia, and Iran were blended to perfection and…show more content…
The Silk Road spread the bubonic plague which was also known as the Black Death. The Black Death killed almost half of Europeans in a 4 year period. Many people in Italy died and about ⅔ of Londoners died. People didn’t know that the silk road caused the Black Death at the time of the plague however, and trade continued. Slide 11:The silk road is not in use for trade anymore. The last time it was used for trade is not known. The only people using the silk road in modern times are archeologists trying to unlock secrets from the past. The quest for knowledge about history began in the 19th century, which is how we know so much about the silk road today. Slide 12: This is my timeline of the silk road. On it there are some main events in the history of the silk road. From 500 BC to 330 BC, the Persian Royal Road was used. The Persian Royal became a main stretch of the silk road. In 130 BC the Han officially opened up trade on the silk road. The bubonic plague or, the Black Death, came across the silk road in 1346 AD. The silk road was not blamed at the time, but it was the cause of the Black Death. In the 19th century, archaeologists began to investigate the rich history of the silk
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