THE SILK ROAD

TIME

• The Silk Road lasted from second century BC to fourteenth century AD.
• It started from Chang'an which is now Xian and ended in the Mediterranean.
• This connected the China and The Roman Empire.
• It went through India and Persia

SILK AND TRADES

• Obviously, silk cloth was the main trade product.
• People all over wanted to get this silk that China had made for thousands of years (called land of silk)
• for its softness and how expensive and beautiful it looked
• Other things that were traded- teas, salt, sugar, porcelain, and spices

BROUGHT PEOPLE TOGETHER

• The Silk Road was one of the major building blocks of cultural diversion
• and really connected multiple kingdoms and empires that at that time
• kept to themselves and didn't really communicate with neighboring regions
• The distance they had between them caused a major divide and cultures were confined to themselves

AFFECT IN CHINA

• China's economy really started to grow and boom
• It gave China a market to trade and sell items from
• China's products became really popular
• The very valuable products help China gain a very high profit