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The Silk Road

Through

History

By: Terence Lord

What is the Silk Road?

The Silk Road is a network of trade routes which merchants travel on to trade with other merchants.

The Silk Road was 4000 miles long and it went through many landscapes like the Gobi Desert and the Pamir Mountains.

Many goods were traded on the Silk Road like spices, ivory, porcelain, jade, and tea.

Silk Road Opens

130 B.C.

The Han Dynasty officially opens the West (China) to trade with the East (Rome ). After the West opened the Romans traveled along a ancient route to get to it. Which is now called the Silk Road.

Traveling the Silk Road

138 B.C.

Han Emperor Wu sent a imperial envoy named Zhang Quan to travel along the Silk Road and see other cultures. After he came back he had multiple reports which were very valuable because it had information about the West.

Buddhism Begins To Spread

The Han dynasty begins to rule China. Buddhism starts to spread from India into Central China. The cause of this were Buddhist monks traveling on caravans preaching about the religion throughout Silk Road.

206 B.C.

Silk is turned into main currency

220 B.C.

Because of the outburst of silk in Rome China changed their currency to silk. When the Han Dynasty ruled farmers paid with silk and grain. Silk was also paid to civil servants and to citizens who did good work. Later on silk was turned currency for foreign countries

Han Dynasty

The Han Dynasty ruled from 206-220 B.C.

How long did they rule?

Alexander The Great

330 B.C.

Alexander The Great contributed to many cities in the Silk Road. He did this by conquering Persia, doing this allowed him to go into Central China with a army. After this he went into Bactria which is where he married the daughter of a Bactrian Chief. This alliance allowed him to build over 30 different cities in Central China some of which are Merv, Kandahar and Termez. Many of these countries were in the Silk Road.

Marco Polo

1271-1275

Marco Polo starts to travel along an ancient network of routes known as the Silk Road with his father and his uncle. In 1275 he finishes traveling after 4 years. At the end of the Silk Road was Khanbaliq which is now called Bejing. Marco Polo and his family traveled there because he had a meeting with Kublai Khan (the ruler of the Mongol Empire at the time). He and his family were asked to stay by the emperor and they did for 17 years

Kublai Khan

1260-1290

Kublai Khan was the ruler of the Mongol Empire in 1260 to 1294.

He was also the grandson of Genghis Khan. He was important because he unified all of China after 4 centuries and Marco Polo served under him as a ambassador.

The Bubonic Plague

1346-1352

The Bubonic Plague was carried across the Silk Road in 1346.

The plague spread from China and Central Asia to Europe. The bubonic plague killed more than 50 million Europeans between 1346 and 1352. It was spread through fleas which were on merchants that traveled in caravans as they went through many villages and countries to trade goods.

End of the Silk Road

1453

The end of the Silk Road. The end of the Silk Road was caused by the Ottoman Empire. The Ottoman Empire boycotted the West trade routes, preventing the East from getting goods. This also led to European merchants finding different routes which were in the sea. This was called “ The Age of Discovery”.

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