WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Silk Road derives its name from the highly lucrative trade of silk textiles that were produced almost exclusively in China. The network began with the Han dynasty’s expansion into Central Asia around 114 BCE, which largely pacified the once untamed region.

Detailed explanation-2: -Merchants on the silk road transported goods and traded at bazaars or caravanserai along the way. They traded goods such as silk, spices, tea, ivory, cotton, wool, precious metals, and ideas. Use these resources to explore this ancient trade route with your students.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Silk Road began in north-central China in Xi’an (in modern Shaanxi province). A caravan track stretched west along the Great Wall of China, across the Pamirs, through Afghanistan, and into the Levant and Anatolia. Its length was about 4, 000 miles (more than 6, 400 km).

Detailed explanation-4: -Silk then became one of the most important manufactured and traded goods in ancient China, and finds of Shang dynasty (c. 1600-1046 BCE) silk in an Egyptian tomb are testimony to its esteemed value and use in early international trade.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Silk Road was a network of trade routes connecting China and the Far East with the Middle East and Europe.