HAN: THE SILK ROAD

1. HAN: THE SILK ROAD OH, WHAT RICHES MAY COME! (If you make it, that is!)

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5. Use the handout titled “The Silk Route” to find out all about it! Circle the goods, besides silk, that merchants from China took with them. Highlight/underline in one color any thing that was traded in the cities of Dunhuang, Kashgar, Tashkent, Herat, and Baghdad Use another color to highlight/underline any dangers one might come across on the Silk Road Answer questions 3, 4, and 5 on the handout! READ ABOUT IT!

6. Now it is up to you and your group to create a Silk Route board game! Your starting point should be Chang’an and your ending point should be Byzantium. Include spots along the board where you can pick up new items and be sure to specify where you are and what you can get! Don’t forget the pitfalls! Include spots along the board that cause problems for anyone traveling the Silk Route. You may want to send the player back spaces or have them start over! Be creative! Excellent board games will be used for future classes! :) ILLUSTRATE IT!

7. NOW, Play your game! Make sure all the kinks are worked out. Finally, add a “rule sheet” and submit your board game for judging! I will be grading your group on cooperation! I will also be grading on coverage of the stops along the Silk Route, the materials traded, the dangers faced, and CREATIVITY (this includes neatness). Refer to the rubric. Have fun! :)

9. Goods traded on the Silk Road • Porcelain • Dried Rhubarb • Tea • Herbal Medicines • Fruits like dried dates & raisins • Jade • Persian metal work • Glass • Musical Instruments • African Ivory • Gold • Spices • Printed cloth from India • Pearls from the Persian Gulf • Precious Stones from Ceylon

10. Other than goods, what else was traded on the Silk Road? • Ideas & technologies such as • GLASS-MAKING • PAPER-MAKING • RELIGION (Islam, Christianity, & Buddhism!)

11. Respect for Learning • Rulers encouraged Confucianism • To be in the civil service, you needed to pass an exam based on Confucian ideas • Scholarship flourished during the Han dynasty • Poets created expressive poetry • A dictionary was made • A comprehensive history of China was written

12. Sima Qian • A scholar who spent his life writing HISTORICAL RECORDS- a history of China from mythical times to the reign of Wudi

13. Advances: ACUPUNCTURE • The practice of inserting thin needles into specific body points • It originated in China more than 2,000 years ago. • Research has shown that acupuncture reduces nausea and vomiting after surgery and chemotherapy. It can also relieve pain. Researchers don't fully understand how acupuncture works. It might aid the activity of your body's pain-killing chemicals. It also might affect how you release chemicals that regulate blood pressure and flow. (National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine) Lesson 4 - The Han Dynasty

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15. 3. Achievements under the Han Dynasty in medicine 3. • Acupuncture • Herbal remedies • Discovery of the Circulatory System Lesson 4 - The Han Dynasty

16. 3. Achievements under the Han Dynasty in technology 3. • Iron- tipped bamboo poles for drilling • Paper • Iron Plow • Rudder • Seismoscope (to register earthquakes) • Compass • Wheelbarrow Iron plow Lesson 4 - The Han Dynasty

17. 3. Achievements under the Han Dynasty in the arts 3. • Expressive poetry • The first dictionary • Historical Records, by Sima Qian • Jade carving Jade dragon Lesson 4 - The Han Dynasty

18. SUMMARY: Han Advancements • During the Han, China became the Most Advanced civilization in the world! • Advances: • Acupuncture -Herbal Remedies • Circulatory System -Paper (from wood) • Silk weaving -Bronze working • Architecture -Poetry & History • Jade Carving -Iron Plow • Rudder -Seismoscope (detecting • Compass earthquakes) • Wheelbarrow

19. What did the Chinese write on before they invented paper? • Wooden scrolls and bone, then silk