PPT-Silk Road Early people migrated to the Americas by walking across a land bridge

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. 2. We are all unique and have different experiences and perspectives.. ****. Opportunities And Challenges. Opportunities. Two Water Crossing Improvements. . Low Water Bridge Road - Ford. Land Bridge Road - Bridge. and . International Developments in the South China Sea:. . A Naval Perspective . Vijay Sakhuja. Director . National Maritime Foundation . New Delhi . Maritime Silk Road . Developments in South China Sea . Where we start…. Mayan and Aztec societies flourishing. Millions of Native Americans living in the Americas. Europe was coming out of the Medieval or Dark Ages. With the beginning of Renaissance ideas, people began to think outside of Europe. Through . the Era of the Four Empires. New Interest in the Silk Road: A Shop in Bukhara, Uzbekistan. Some Major Silk Road Caravan Routes and Adjacent Sea Routes. Banditry along the Silk Road. A Tang-Era Mural in the Mogao Caves. Who did they trade with?. . Who did they trade with?. Not part of the main Silk Road, however, active regional trade. Mediterranean Trade (What). What they traded:. . Animals. Agricultural Products. Silk is a beautiful fabric that is soft and seems to glow. Clothing made of silk was a source of pride and a sign of great wealth. Even the smallest pieces of silk would be proudly displayed by wealthy Romans.. 11/5/14. Early Chinese Dynasties . Dynastic Cycles . Social Structures . RICE . Chinese Inventions . Porcelain . Pictographs & Ideographs . Paper. Silk. Gunpowder . Dynastic Cycle . . “Mandate of Heaven”. 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). In Roman times Europeans became captivated by the idea of a trade route linking the lands of the Mediterranean with China by way of Mesopotamia, Iran, and Central Asia. The Silk Road, as it came to be called in modern times, experienced several periods of heavy use. Lesson Objectives. Identify possible explanations of how people came to live in the Americas. . . Explain how early peoples in the Americas lived, hunted, and farmed. . . Understand how changes in the environment affected early peoples’ lives. . WORLD HISTORY READERS. Level 1-. ⑤. The Longest Road in the World . What was the Silk Road?. 1. The Silk Road was only one way to travel from Europe to Asia long ago. . 2. In fact, the Silk Road was made up of many roads. They passed through many different places like deserts, rivers, mountains, and forests.. 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. SILK ROAD. TRANS-SAHARAN. INDIAN OCEAN. I GOT THE HORSES IN THE BACK... AND SOME SADDLES & STIRRUPS TOO. the exchange of people, technology, religious and cultural beliefs, food crops, domesticated animals, and disease pathogens developed across far-flung networks of communication and exchange..