Transcript Silk Road - bugilsocialstudies

TRADE BETWEEN AND AMONG THE
CLASSICAL CIVILIZATIONS
ABOUT SILK ROADS
What
-Great trade
routes
-Introduce
plants
-Arts and Music
-Religions
Significance
-A network of roads,
generally going East
and West
-Ancient Trade routes
across Asia
-Link China w/ the west
Silk Road
-Originated at
Sian, China
-Land Lanes and
Sea Lanes linked
Asia and Europe
When
-200BCE to
400CE
-The
beginning of
cross-culture
-Han & Rome
Where
Traded with
countries regions
and countries
such as Asia,
Persia, Roman
Empire and etc.
Traded using
both the land
routes and sea
routes
Trade done by
merchants, Malay,
and Indian
mariners
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Exports-Spices, cotton textiles,
ivory, corals, jewels, etc.
Imports-Works of art, wood
and linen textiles
Buddhism also spread from
India to other regions on the
Silk Road
Who? Traders of various Asian nationalities & merchants+travelers
-The Roman emperors, wealthy citizens: 
Wants? Newest, luxurious textile(spices, perfumes, silk)
-b/c big expansion-> bigger demand for new goods
How? traveled the silk routes to caravan cities near the
Mediterranean(link the ends of the Eurasian landmass)
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along
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the Silk
Routes?
China traded
through
the
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Tae Ho Ryu’s Presentation on Silk Road
Silk
Road
andwith
by Indian
China
traded
Roman
Individual
traders
such
as
China
wanted
large,
They
traded
High
quality
Sea.
empire,
central
Asia, Iran,
merchants
and
Zhang
strong
horses,
plants,
silk,
ginger,
cinnamon,
Arabia,
Egypt,
North Africa
Qian
and
embassador
grapes,
pomegranates,
spices,
Ivory,
Precious
through
the silk
routes.
named
Gang
Ying
walnuts,
cucumbers,
stones, Ceramics, traded
Incense,
with
sesame,
alfafaHorses and
Paper, Spices,
other animals, Hides, Furs,
Tapestries and rugs
CHINA TRADES ON SILK ROAD
TAEHO RYU
NOMADS
What
Roles sofa Nomads
“nomad”?
NOMADS
LINKS OF SILK ROAD TRADE
SETTLERS
-Group of people who
Facilitated
commercial
trade
move back and
forth
between the same forest
and grazing areas
-Low human population
density
Medium of transferring ideas
-Economic
specialization: huntersand-gatherers , pastoral
nomads and peripatetic
nomads
Technological exchange
-Political feature: loose
governmental structure;
tribal life
-People who reside in
one place permanently
-Comparatively high
human population
density
-Economic
specialization:
agriculture
-Political feature:
existence of more
official and formal
institution
WHAP - Kim Suyoung
• Buddhism
: spread through the Silk Road during the trade
: Buddhist traders: close with other countries-effective trading and religious
exchange↑
•Islam
:Trading via Silk Road ↑ in Islam Countries
-b/c they have tent cultures
ex) carpets, rugs, tapestries ↑
•Hinduism
: developed as the Kush Empire developed – dominating the Silk Road
: Kush Empire adapted Bacteria’s culture to settle down safely.
ex) caste hierarchy, religious organizations, many other Indian beliefs
: many Indian people migrated to the Kush Empire when it developed
•Manichaeism (explanation)
: Songdiana(Manichaeism) predominated the Silk Road &
Manichaeism spread via the silk Road
: Religious exchange through the Silk Road formed
Manichaeism through the process of Syncretism
•Confucianism
: had negative effect, losing family ties ↑, hard to maintain doctrines of
Confucianism
•Zoroastrianism
: Persia: silk textile technology ↑,trading ↑, Zoroastrianism spread through
the Silk Road
: location of the country – the middle of Asia and Europe
: Songdiana: when its power increases, spread to many other countries
DUNANG
SIGNIFICANCE OF DUNANG FOR RELIGION
Digging technology and ability to transfer water
through canals enlarge areas suitable for
cultivation
 Establishment of other religions in China,
especially Buddhism from India (most successful)
 “Syncretism of religions rather than a pure
conversion”
 Buddhist cave temples in Dunang, depicting
events in the lives of the Buddha
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(ex) Mogao Grottoes
THE MAJOR MARITIME TRADE ROUTES

India to Persia, Middle east and
North Africa
Major cities/ ports before
In Arabian and Red sea
1000C.E.
- Cantan,
 Major
citiesTamralipura,
Cambay.
 quilon,
Calicut,Calicut,
Hormuz,
Basra, Suez and Aden
After 1000 C.E
-Gwuang Zhou and
Hang Zhou replaced.
China
Roman
Exports: jewelry, perfumes, bronze
goods, wool and linen textiles,
pottery, iron tools, wine, olive oil,
glassware
Imports: food, slaves, animals,
spices, silk, incense, ivory, cotton
Exports: silk, lacquer ware, votive
mirrors, ginger, cinnamon
Other Nations
Religion
Imports: horses, spices, precious
stones, trepang, mother-of-pearl
Silk Road
~ Traded Goods ~
By Grant
- Southeast Asia: fine-spics,
cinnamon, sesame oil
- India: sesame oil, pearls, coral,
ivory, textile goods, pepper
- Central Asia: horses, jade
- Mediterranean: raw materials
Spreading of Buddhism
+
Hinduism
+
Christianity
= Manichaeism