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The Silk Road was a very important event in History because it played a large role in connecting India and China (East) to the Mediterranean world (West). This humongous trade route played an important part in economy and cultural exchange, which forever effected the way we see the world today.
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‘Circa’ 3200 BC The domesticated horse - the south Russian steppe.
‘’ 3000 BC Silk cloth in China.
‘’ 3000 BC Sumerians writing system.
‘’ 2500 BC The Bactrian and Arabian domesticated camels
‘’ 1600-1046 BC The oldest known proto-porcelain is from China’s Shang dynasty, (from 1600 BC to 1046 BC)
‘’ 1700 BC Horse-drawn chariots - in the Near East.
‘’ 1500 BC Iron technology in Asia Minor.
‘’ 1500 BC The Eurasian steppes inhabited by semi-nomadic tribes raise livestock. -
Marco Polo (1254-1324), is probably the most famous Westerner traveled on the Silk Road. He excelled all the other travelers in his determination, his writing, and his influence. His journey through Asia lasted 24 years. He reached further than any of his predecessors, beyond Mongolia to China.
With trade between Europe and China, the Europeans were introduced to citrus fruits, spices, and other newly seen goods; China to gunpowder -
The journey of Zhang Qian, a Chinese official and diplomat, is concluded to be the base of officially opening the Silk Road. His traveling showed that their was an ability to navigate west and back safely. Following, interaction began to occur between civilizations throughout Asia.
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Soon after Rome became an empire, silk arrived. The people of luxury in Rome were known to favor silk, although they did not know much about China and did not have contact with them until the second century. They got Silk through the Silk Road
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Religion and beliefs were known to have spread signicantly along the Silk Road. The following religions were spread: Buddhism (100 BC), Zoroastrianism (500-400 BC), Nestorianism (600 A.D.), Islam (700 BC). All of these religions were known to have spread throughout China, however, Islam did not -- but it did largely influence China's spiritual beliefs.
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Graeco-Egyptian geographer, Claudius Ptolemy, began to attempt to map out the Silk Road at this time seeing as it was rapidly expanding and becoming popular. It was extremely hard as Silk Road kept expanding...(see next fact box)
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Silk Road expands to the south and the north
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Silkworm farms, the source of silk, was dominantly in China in the past, but it was at this time that they were exposed to other parts of the world (Chinese princes smuggling). This made it possible for other countries to produce silk on their own. - It spread to Central Asia then, in 500AD, to Europe -
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The Black Death plague was associated to the Silk Road as it was brought through the Silk Road routes from other countries.
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The Ming dynasty stopped trading of silk outside of China. Trading of other materials was still around so trading route still active.
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In 901-1000 BCE, the Silk Road began to decline due to the fall of Tang Dynasty; the Tang Dynasty is where the Silk Road flourished. The demand for trade heightened greatly throughout these many years, so an alternate easier and faster way of trade was created -- sea routes; this damaged the need for the Silk Road greatly. This made silk route diminish over time.
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No more Silk Road. Thought the Silk Road is now ancient history, it has impacted our world as we know it a lot! Religion, Settlements, Trade, marketing...