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The Silk Road and Ancient Trade: Crash Course World HistoryThe Silk Road—which was not really one road—connected towns, cities, states, and empires across Eurasia through vibrant trade networks, moving goods, ideas, and diseases.

The Silk RoadHeavenly horses, see-through clothing, camel-shaped gravestones. The ancient, vast, trade network we call the Silk Road connected Eurasia and north Africa. And it was about a lot more than silk.

The Silk Road: Connecting the ancient world through trade - Shannon Harris Castelo

Jun 3, 2014

TED-Ed

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With modern technology, a global exchange of goods and ideas can happen at the click of a button. But what about 2,000 years ago? Shannon Harris Castelo unfolds the history of the 5,000-mile Silk Road, a network of multiple routes that used the common language of commerce to connect the world's major settlements, thread by thread.

How Did Religion Spread Along the Silk Road? Crash Course Geography #31

Oct 25, 2021

CrashCourse

Today we’re going to talk about the collection of routes known as the Silk Roads, and explore how worldview and other ideas spread along those trade routes. The Silk Roads are responsible for everything from the spices we use when we cook to the cloth we see as beautiful, but today we’re going to focus on religion, and show how these routes influenced the beliefs of billions of people through time and space.

Lost on the Silk RoadHazards and hospitality on an ancient trade route.

Silk Road SimulationThe Silk Road connected Afro-Eurasian societies through trade. In this simulation, you’ll get to step into the shoes of a Silk Road merchant and see how goods moved.

Rebuilding the Silk Road | Era 4: Regional Webs | World History Project | OER Project

Nov 23, 2019

OER Project

The Han Dynasty’s management of the Silk Road helped link together smaller regional networks and support trade across Asia. But when the Han Dynasty fell, the Silk Road did not collapse. Many of the traders at the time came from Central Asia and operated in smaller circuits, and other empires stepped in to provide stability until the Tang Dynasty, when Chinese imperial power recovered and a golden age was launched.

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Silk and the Song Dynasty | World History Project | OER Project

Jul 7, 2021

OER Project

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