40 likes | 154 Views
SO482 – Bonhomme Richard Project The Silk Road. The Silk Road in ancient times. There was a sea component, but the principal routes traversed Central Asia on foot or, more literally, on the backs of pack animals. travershttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Transasia_trade_routes_1stC_CE_gr2.png.
E N D
SO482 – Bonhomme Richard Project The Silk Road • The Silk Road in ancient times. There was a sea component, but the principal routes traversed Central Asia on foot or, more literally, on the backs of pack animals. travershttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Transasia_trade_routes_1stC_CE_gr2.png
SO482 – Bonhomme Richard Project The Silk Road • This simplified map shows the main east-west route connecting Chang-an (China) with Byzantium (today’s Istanbul).
SO482 – Bonhomme Richard Project The Silk Road • This map shows some of the immense geographic barriers facing the caravan merchants who plied the Silk Road for some 1,500 years. John Lawton, Silk, Scents & Spice, pp. 8-9.
SO482 – Bonhomme Richard Project The Silk Road • Here we see both the land routes (the Silk Road) and the sea routes (the Spice Road) that flourished until the beginning of the 15th century.