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    Chapter 7

    Networks of
    Communication and
    Exchange
    300 B.C.E. 1100 C.E.

    Part One:
    The Silk Road

    Part 1: The Silk Road

    Map of Silk Road

    Part 1: The Silk Road

    Map of Silk Road

    http://intranet.dalton.org/groups/rome/RMap2.html-

    Part 1: The Silk Road

    A. Origins and Operations


    Overland route that linked China to
    the Mediterranean world via
    Mesopotamia, Iran, and Central Asia.
    Two periods of heavy use:
    150 B.C.E. 907 C.E.
    Thirteenth through seventeenth
    centuries C.E.

    Regular large-scale trade needed to


    provide Chinese with western
    products.

    Part 1: The Silk Road

    B. Imports and Exports


    Chinese imported:
    Alfalfa
    Grapes
    New crops
    Medicinal products
    Metals
    Precious stones

    Chinese exported:
    Peaches
    Apricots
    Spices
    Silk
    Pottery
    Paper

    Part 1: The Silk Road

    C. Impact of the Silk Road Trade


    Turkic nomads benefited from the
    trade
    Their elites constructed houses, lived
    in settled villages, and became
    interested in foreign religions.

    Part 1: The Silk Road

    D. Military Technologies
    Central Asian
    military
    technologies like
    the stirrup were
    exported east and
    west.
    This significantly
    impacted the
    conduct of war at
    this time.

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