Essays on Silk Road

The Silk Road was a very interesting time in life time history. The silk Road was the world’s first superhighway not literally a single road it consisted of a good network of trade routes connecting China with Central Asia and lands beyond all the way …

Susan Whitfield’s semi-fictionalized stories of about 10 selected people who once lived along the Silk Road gives us a clearer picture on how does the culture goes during its golden days of trading. China protected these ancient interconnected trade routes through all means. Such physical …

International trade along the Silk Road The Silk Road, which is also known as the Silk Route is a trade route t started somewhere in the 1st century and the early years of the 2nd century BC. This route began in china and extended as …

This is the story of a great young adventurous traveler. At the young age of 21, he embarked upon and successfully completed, the tasks seemed practically impossible to achieve in the era to which he belonged.  He was not much educated in the academic sense, …

The Silk Road was a trade network the connected the East to the West on the Eurasian continent. This trade included both overland and maritime routes. The central Asian kingdoms and peoples became the nexus point for much of this trade which lasted from the …

Between the years of 200 BCE and 1450 CE, the Silk Road went through a number of changes. With the rise and success of the ancient empires the trade route thrived and was the main trade route connecting the Mediterranean to China. As the empires …

The ancient city of Karakorum in the 13th century according to history and archaeological records was the seat and the imperial capital of the Mongol Empire of Genghis (or Chinggis) Khan. It is located in the Ovohangai Mongolia, near the Orhon River and Mount Otuken …

The key time of growth and importance for the silk road was from 500-1500 C.E. The silk road was important for reasons like spreading culture and being the first of many routes of trade, inspiring many to come like the sand and sea routes, and …

The Silk Road was a series of historical trade routes that connected cultures of European and Asian countries. Hidden in Southwest China is a lesser-known trade route called Chamadao, literally translated as the Tea Horse Road, was a central trade route for the exchange of …

The African-Eurasian trade routes, including the silk road, the trans-saharan route, and the Indian Ocean routes, These were the most well known as most effective ways of mass production through 500 to 1500 CE.The routes became a big source of different economies, this introduced foreign …

The term ‘Silk Road’ was first used by the German geographer Ferdinand von Richthofen for the route through which the Roman used to buy the Chinese silk with their coins. In earlier days the main variables of the ‘Silk Road’ was thought to be silk …

The world owes a lot to the Chinese for all the major contributions and innovations they introduced. For example, during the Era of Disunity (approx. 220-581 AD) the ancient Chinese invented kites, matches, umbrellas and much more (“Inventions,” “n. d. ”). The Yuan dynasty brought …

Trade has been prevalent in history since the first civilizations. Trade became popular and evolved into elaborate systems that extend long distances. The silk road was a 4,000 mile long trade route that lasted from 130 BCE to 1324 CE. The silk road is responsible …

Trade routes remained as the foundation of many empires and in many cases, they influenced their rise and decline. For example, during the time period from 700 CE-1500 CE, three powerful Sudanic states rose in Western Africa in the order of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai. …

Alexia Deleers Mr. Dimeck AP World History 14 January 2013 The Age of the Trading World The technological advances and discoveries of spices in the Asian continent set the stage for the emergence of world commerce. Being fascinated by the new toys of the East, …