what is the significance of the silk road?

Answer 1

"The Silk Road" was a term invented by the 19 th century German historian, Van Richtofen (possibly an ancestor of the Red Baron of WW I?) and the term is now used by the Chinese too.

Answer 2

An ancient caravan trade route established during the Han Dynasty for trade between the Roman Empire, the Arabic nomads, and the Chinese Empire. Silk was the main good that went west, wool and gold went east to China. The route doesn't begin anywhere, caravan roads in China were fairly decent at the time, but the trek across Asia Minor usually starts in Xi'an, Shaanxi, which was and still is a major Chinese commercial center.

The tract went northwest along the Great Wall, climbed the Pamirs Mountains and crossed Afghanistan. The goods were then shipped across the Mediterranean Sea. The road to Rome was over 4000 miles, people rarely went the whole way. One journey can take up to 3 years by caravan.

The fall of Rome caused the road to fall into disuse, there was occasional trades between China and Constantinople. Briefly revived in the Yuan Dynasty (Mongol occupation), that was when Marco Polo travelled to Dadu (Beijing) and wrote his famous journal. Today part of the road is paved for vehicle travel, for regional trade. International trade use trains and planes nowadays. A proposed United Nations plan for a southern pan-Asian highway, stretching from Shaanxi to Turkey, is an obvious waste of capital and resources.

Answer 3

The Silk Road is the most well-known trading route of ancient Chinese civilization. Trade in silk grew under the Han Dynasty ( 202 BC - AD 220) in the first and second centuries AD

Answer 4

The Silk Road was a network of trade routes which connected Asia to the Mediterranean, Europe and northern Africa.

Answer 5

The Silk Road, or Silk Route, is a series of trade routes through regions of the Asian continent mainly connecting Chang'an (today's Xi'an) in China, with Asia Minor and the Mediterranean. It extends over 8,000 km (5,000 miles) on land and sea. Trade on the Silk Road was a significant factor in the development of the great civilizations of China, Egypt, Mesopotamia, Persia, Indian subcontinent, and Rome, and helped to lay the foundations for the modern world.
Read more at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silk_Road

Answer 6

almost 5 thousand miles long stretching from byzantium to the Chinese capital of changan(modern xian) the silk road didn't just allow merchants to travel farther and make astounding amounts of money but it created an exchange of religions ideals and religious tolerance never before seen on such a large scope. not only silk was traded along the route, precious metals ,spices, ivory, furs,ceramic, jade, bronze and hundreds of other riches made their way along the silk road in both directions. some of the most elaborate and beautiful Buddhist temples and grotto's were also built along the road. today there are repositories of some of the most beautiful Buddhist artistry ever to be seen.at the grotto's are particularly sources of valuable information. large caches of ancient documents written in languages varying from Sanskrit to ancient Hindu to forgotten languages that have yet to be deciphered have been found in them. without the things found along the silk road archaeologists wouldn't know many of the invaluable facts that they have learned from the documents and artwork found there.the silk road holds great significance to both the past and the present.in mythology you take the silk road to find the path to shang ri la

Answer 7

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The silk road allowed travelers and merchants to take technologies, religions and philosophies to lands which would otherwise not have them. The merchants shared their religion and philosophy wherever they went. Some people in the distant land where the merchants traveled adapted these technologies, religions, and philosophies. Secondly, merchants brought goods to lands which otherwise would not have had them. These include luxuries such as silk, satin, hemp and other fine fabrics, musk, other perfumes, spices, medicines, jewels, glassware, and even rhubarb, as well as slaves.[ Unfortunately, some of these merchants also carried the bubonic plague (the "Black Death).

Answer 8

It's a really great CD album by an Oriental (Japanese) musician named KITARO, and is called "The Silk Road"
It also was the key trade route from the far east to the mid east during the Han dynasty circa. BC to AD

Answer 9

It was a prehistoric as well as ancient trade network linking Europe and the Middle East with the Orient. All are on the same continent after all, so researchers are now finding that the route(s) went back way further than just Marco Polo. Think Stone age probably.
Unfortunately, early on, the route also became infested with robbers, so traders in high value commodities, as well high quantity shippers, had to find other routes.

Answer 10

haha i actually just learned this today in social studies.

the silk road was a trade route that linked china to mesopotamia and allowed for cultural diffusion with china and western lands. the chinese traded goods such as silk and ivory and jade works. the chinese got goods such as furs, muslin, cucumbers, and other goods from the west

Answer 11

It was trade route in China during the Han Dynasty.