Silk Road

By Darius Pat
  • 100

    Egypt under Roman Rule

    This is significant because Gives rome access to red sea and spice route trade.
  • 100

    Rome sends Envoy over seas to China

    This is significant because te trdaing between the 2 counntries has made trust to send people over there.
  • 100

    Roman Empire at its Largest

    This is significant because a major market begins for eastern goods.
  • 100

    Roman , Parthian , and Chinease

    This is significant because these four great empires bring stability to the SilkRoad
  • 300

    Qin Dynasty Unites China

    This is significant because the whole country begins to trade.
  • 300

    Huns attack Europe

    This is significant because this might have a hiatus on trading
  • 300

    Roman Empire Splits into 2

    This is significant because only one of the two romes might have traded
  • 400

    Greek Culture into Central Asia

    This is significant because this would create an increase of people trading from greece and china
  • 400

    Chinese Princess smuggles silkworm eggs out of China

    This is significant because Central Asia begins to farm Silkworm. Silk is now availablie in other places causing China to loose trading opputunities and silk could be sold for cheaper
  • 400

    Western Roman Empire Collapses

    This is significant because this causes trading to decrease
  • Feb 8, 600

    Tang Dynasty rules in China

    This is significant because for the first two centuries, the Silk Road reaches the golden age. China open to cultural influences
  • Feb 8, 700

    Arabs defeat chinese and capture chinese papermakers

    This is significant because paper making was introduced into Cantral Asia and Europe
  • Feb 8, 700

    Tang dynasty begins to decline

    This is significant because the silk road also declines with it
  • Feb 8, 753

    Rome Founded

    This is significant because the Roman people were the big part of the trading in the silk road
  • Feb 8, 1200

    Silk road prospers again under the Pax Mongolica

    This is significant because the trade route was beginning to decline before this

  • Horse Charritot Introduced in near east

    This is significant because this allows the people to carry more things to trade

  • Silk first seen in Rome

    This is significant because that is when we know there was trade between Rome and China

  • Sogdians trading on Silk Route

    This is significant because trade begins to increase on the silk road.

  • 3000 Silk first produced in China

    This is significant because the silk road was named after how large the silk trade was.

  • Horse Domesticated on south Russion steppe

    This is significant because this would allow the Russain more access to other countries such as China and possibly India for spices.