Silk Road and Mesoamerica

By caitycakes
  • Mar 7, 600

    What was the silk road?

    What was the silk road?
    The Silk Road was an ancient trade route that linked together China and Rome.
  • Mar 10, 600

    Mayan trade routes

    Mayan trade routes
    Mayan trade routes extended as far south as Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Islands
  • Mar 10, 600

    Significance of the Mayan trade routes

    Significance of the Mayan trade routes
    the complex trade routes and amount of goods that were traded is what made the trade network significant. By trading with other civilizations growth in the Mayan society took place.
  • Mar 7, 610

    What was traded on the Silk Road?

    What was traded on the Silk Road?
    Exports:
    -silk
    -jade
    -minerals
    -rice
    -pearls
    -tea Imports:
    -India: herbs, spices, cotton, dyes
    -Persia: carpets, muslin, horses
    -Europe: wine, grapes, glass
  • Mar 10, 611

    Cacao Beans - An important commodity

    Cacao Beans - An important commodity
    Cacao beans were worth transporting over large distances because they were a luxury item.
    -Tomato- 1 bean
    -Turkey egg- 3 beans
    -Pumpkin - 4 beans
    -Rabbit- 100 beans
    -Slave- 1000 beans The most important goods were salt, obsidian, jade, cacao beans, and quetzal feathers
  • Mar 10, 650

    Transportation of Goods

    Transportation of Goods
    Coastal Mayan groups used canoes to supply inland groups with salt, dried fish, shells, and pearls. The Mayans didn't have wheels or animals to carry their heavy loads. Instead, trade goods were transported on the backs of slaves who traveled along well established routes.
  • Mar 10, 700

    Items traded

    Items traded
    Items traded:
    -corn
    -fish
    -squash
    -potatoes
    -honey
    ,beans
    -chocolate drinks
    -limestone
    -marble Heavy commodities include:
    -mortars
    -pestles
    -bags of salt
  • Mar 7, 760

    Tang Government

    Tang Government
    By 760 the Tang government lost control of the western region and trade on the Silk Road ceased.
  • Mar 7, 1254

    Marco Polo

    Marco Polo
    Marco Polo traveled along the silk road visiting the Yuan capital city Dadu (todays Beijing).
  • Mar 7, 1271

    Yuan Dynasty

    Yuan Dynasty
    Trade on the Silk Road revived when China became largely dependent on its silk trade.
  • Mar 7, 1400

    Decline

    Decline
    As land trade routes became increasingly dangerous, and travel by sea became more popular, trade along silk road declined. By the end of the fourteenth century, trade and travel along the route decreased significantly.