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Long Distant Trade: The Silk Road

Long Distant Trade: The Silk Road. AP World History Unit 1. Traveling Long Distances in the Ancient World. Lack of police enforcement outside of established settlements. Changed in classical period. Improvement of infrastructure. Development of empires. Development of Trade Networks.

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Long Distant Trade: The Silk Road

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  1. Long Distant Trade:The Silk Road AP World History Unit 1

  2. Traveling Long Distances in the Ancient World • Lack of police enforcement outside of established settlements. • Changed in classical period. • Improvement of infrastructure. • Development of empires.

  3. Development of Trade Networks • Dramatic increase in trade due to Greek colonization. • Maintenance of roads and bridges. • Discovery of monsoon wind patterns. • Increased tariff revenues used to maintain open routes.

  4. “The Silk Roads” • Named for principal commodity from China. • Dependent on imperial stability. • Overland trade routes from China to Roman Empire. • Sea lanes and maritime trade were also used.

  5. “The Silk Roads”, 200 BCE-300 CE

  6. Organization of Long-Distance Trade • Divided into small segments. • Tariffs and tolls finance local supervision. • Tax income incentives to maintain safety and maintenance of passage.

  7. Cultural Trade: Buddhism and Hinduism • Merchants carry religious ideas along silk routes. • India through central Asia to east Asia. • Cosmopolitan centers promote development of monasteries to shelter traveling merchants. • Buddhism becomes dominant faith of silk roads from 200 BCE-700 CE.

  8. The Spread of Hinduism, Buddhism and Christianity, 200 BCE – 400 CE

  9. Buddhism and Hinduism in SE Asia • Sea lanes in Indian Ocean. • 1st century CE began to show a clear Indian influence in SE Asia. • Rulers called “rajas”. • Sanskrit used for written communication. • Buddhism and Hinduism increasingly popular faiths.

  10. The Spread of Christianity • Mediterranean Basin • Gregory the Wonderworker in central Anatolia during the 3rd century CE. • Christianity spread through Middle East, North Africa, and Europe. • Sizeable communities as far east as India. • Judaism and Zoroastrianism also practiced.

  11. The Spread of Christianity • Southwest Asia • Influence of ascetic practices from India. • Desert-dwelling hermits and monastic societies. • After 5th century CE, believes began following Nestorios. • Emphasized human nature of Jesus.

  12. The Spread of Epidemic Disease • Trade routes played a role in the spread of pathogens. • Limited data on specifics for the spread. • Trends in demographics are reasonably clear. • Smallpox, measles, and bubonic plague were the most common. • Effect: • Economic slowdown. • Move to regional self-sufficiency.

  13. Epidemics in the Han Dynasty and Roman Empires What were the three major diseases that devastated these two empires?

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