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About the Silk Roads - UNESCO

The vast trade networks of the Silk Roads carried more than just merchandise and precious commodities. In fact, the constant movement and mixing of ...

Silk Road | Facts, History, & Map - Britannica

Silk Road, ancient trade route, linking China with the West, that carried goods and ideas between the two great civilizations of Rome and ...

The Silk Road - National Geographic Education

Silk Road. The silk road was a network of paths connecting civilizations in the East and West that was well traveled for approximately 1,400 years. Merchants on ...

Silk Road ‑ Facts, History & Location

The Silk Road was a network of trade routes connecting China and the Far East with the Middle East and Europe. Established when the Han ...

Silk Road - Wikipedia

The Silk Road was a network of Eurasian trade routes active from the second century BCE until the mid-15th century. ... Spanning over 6,400 km (4,000 mi), it ...

The Silk Road (article) - Khan Academy

The demand for silk continued to drive trade between the Roman Empire, China, India, and many places in between.

Silk Road - UN Tourism

Encouraged by renewed interest in the Silk Road - for cultural exchange, trade and tourism - UN Tourism decided to revive the ancient routes as a tourism ...

The Silk Road: Connecting People and Cultures

The growth of silk as a trade item both stimulated and characterized other types of exchanges during the era. Curative herbs, ideas of astronomy, and even ...

The Great Silk Road - UNESCO

The Great Silk Road is a system of caravan routes of ancient times and in the Middle Ages which connected Asia with the Mediterranean and European world.

Silk Route: Definition, History, and What Exists Now - Investopedia

The Silk Route was not a single road but a network of land and sea paths that connected China and the Far East with countries in Europe and the Middle East. A ...

Silk Roads | British Museum

This major exhibition unravels how the journeys of people, objects and ideas that formed the Silk Roads shaped cultures and histories.

The Silk Road: 8 Goods Traded Along the Ancient Network | HISTORY

The Silk Road: 8 Goods Traded Along the Ancient Network · 1. Silk. It's called the Silk Road for a reason. · 2. Horses · 3. Paper · 4. Spices.

The Silk Road and Ancient Trade: Crash Course World History #9

The Silk Road and Ancient Trade: In which John Green teaches you about the so-called Silk Road, a network of trade routes where goods such ...

Silk Road - World History Encyclopedia

The Silk Road was a network of ancient trade routes, formally established during the Han Dynasty of China in 130 BCE, which linked the regions of the ...

Video: Origins of the Silk Roads | Peabody Museum

Rowan Flad will examine the archaeological evidence—from the Qijia Culture of Northwest China—that documents the agricultural, metallurgical, and technological ...

Silk Road ExplorAsian | Miami University

Many important scientific and technological innovations migrated along the Silk Road to the West. Transfer of these innovations, including gunpowder, the ...

Silk Roads and Trade | The Story of China - PBS LearningMedia

Learn about the Silk Roads that began the global network that opened up trade between China, Persia, India, and the Roman Empire in this ...

The Silk Road: Connecting the ancient world through trade - YouTube

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-silk-road-history-s-first-world-wide-web-shannon-harris-castelo With modern technology, ...

Silk Roads - University of Washington Press

Explores how the movement of people, objects, and ideas from 500 to 1000 CE shaped cultures and historiesIn the ninth century CE, an Arabian ship sank off ...

The Silk Roads - Smarthistory

The paintings and sculpture at these sites tell the story of different artistic traditions that came together along the Silk Roads, including inspiration from ...


The Silk Roads: A New History of the World

Book by Peter Frankopan

The Silk Roads: A New History of the World is a 2015 non-fiction book written by English historian Peter Frankopan, a historian at the University of Oxford. A new abridged edition was illustrated by Neil Packer. The full text is divided into 25 chapters. The author combines the development of the world with the Silk Road.

Pathfinders: A Global History of Exploration

Book by Felipe Fernández-Armesto

The New Silk Roads

Book by Peter Frankopan

The New Silk Roads: The Present and Future of The World is a 2018 non-fiction book by English historian Peter Frankopan. The full text is divided into 5 chapters. The author discusses the recent rise of Asia's economic and geopolitical strength.