PPT-Long Distance Trade: The Silk, Sand, and Sea Roads

Contributions of Classical Empires Classical empires such as the Han Kushan Parthian and Roman brought order and stability to large territories They undertook massive construction projects to improve transportation infrastructure. 500-1500. Sea Roads: The Indian Ocean. AP World History Notes. Chapter 8. Sea Exchange. Nothing new. Begins with Mediterranean Sea trade. Participants = Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans. Italian city of Venice = major center of commerce. World’s Most Famous Trading Network. 1200-1453 A.D.. Essential Standards. 6.E.. 1 . Understand . how the physical environment and human interaction affected the economic activities of various civilizations, societies and regions. Networks . of Communication and Exchange. The Silk Road. The Silk Road was an important overland trade route which stretched more than 5,000 miles and linked China with the Mediterranean coast of the Middle East and Europe.(McCannon 82). Discovering Links. Daniel Vila . Suero. , Boris . Villazón-Terrazas. {. dvila,bvillazon. }@. fi.upm.es. Ontology Engineering Group, Universidad . Politécnica. de Madrid. Curso Biblioteca Nacional. They came across bridge in search of animals. Marco Polo. Started his journey to bring back valuable goods from China. Used the silk road to reach his destination. The Silk Road was a major trade route between China and other lands. Silk Roads. Started by large. Empires (ex. Roman,. Han, . Kushan. ). WEST. Mediterranean area. & Roman Empire. EXPORTED: glassware. Jewels, art, decorative items. EAST. Asia, India, China. Exported spices, fruits. What made silk such a highly desired commodity across Eurasia?. Silk was used as currency . Means . of accumulating wealth in . C. . Asia. .. It . became a symbol of high status in China and the Byzantine Empire. Ch.7 Commerce and Culture. Silk Roads: Exchange across . eurasia. Growth. Inner and outer Eurasia—Inner pastoral groups on steppes. Pastoral people traded products of forest and steppes for agricultural products and manufactured goods of civilizations. Sea Roads: The Indian Ocean. AP World History Notes. Chapter 8. Sea Exchange. Nothing new. Begins with Mediterranean Sea trade. Participants = Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans. Italian city of Venice = major center of commerce. “No nation was ever ruined by trade.”. The Silk Roads. One of the world’s most extensive and sustained networks of exchange . Land-based trade routes that linked pastoral and agricultural peoples as well as the large civilizations on Eurasia’s outer rim. The spread of economic activity, . religion, & disease through trade. What are Impacts of Long-distance Trade?. Provides wealth to civilizations. Gives civilizations access . to foreign products. Silk Road World’s Most Famous Trading Network 1200-1453 A.D. Essential Standards 6.E.1 Understand how the physical environment and human interaction affected the economic activities of various civilizations, societies and regions. 200Chapter 7 3 O utlinin g se an outline t g anize main ideas a n d d s. TAKING NOTES an Chin a I n Restore to China A . II. A Highly Structured Society III. Han Technology, ommerce, and g The Chine Strayer. : Ways of the World. Chapter 8. The roots of economic globalization lie deep in the . past. http://. www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2013/10/03/228579712/the-man-behind-the-shadowy-illicit-drug-market-silk-road?sc=ipad&f=1001.