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Is a network of trade routes that stretched from China and Eastern Asia in the east to as far as Turkey and Italy to the west.

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Silk Road

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A symbolic sharing-exchanging of important goods with desire to control the commodity

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Silk

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Ferdinand von Richthofen

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coined the term “Seidenstraße” after traveling to China in the 1860s-70s.

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4
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It extended approximately _____ KM ( 4,000 mi ) across some of the world’s most formidable
landscapes

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6, 437 Km

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5
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First contact between China and the west came around the year

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200 BCE.

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6
Q

The reach of ____ “extended their
empire as far as the Seres”

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Greco-Bactrian empire

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The reach of Greco-Bactrian empire “extended their
empire as far as the

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Seres

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7
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_____ and ______ fought a war over silk/secret of production of silm

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Ottoman Turks and the Persians

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legendary emperor who initiated the raising of the silk worms.

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Fo Xi

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legendary wife of the Yellow Emperor who develop the reeling of silk filament.

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Xi Lingshi

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First process of sericulture began from
________ at about _______BC.

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Yangzi Valley ; 4000-5000

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A silk cocoon dated about _____ at

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2500 BC at Huang Ho Valley.

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11
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The production of silk is typically bounded by

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taboos and commonly done by women.

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12
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Today, 10 million Chinese are involved in sericulture with around _____ tons of silk produced annually.

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60,000

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13
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Use of Chinese Silk

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  • Became a medium of exchange
  • Became a mode of paying a salary
  • Used for royal tributes
  • Used for fishing, making paper, and instruments
    Clothing.
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14
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Indian tussah silk with 2500 BC

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Indus Valley

15
Q

silk moth that can turn to fiber

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Mediterranean

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trace can be found as early as 500 BC.

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Bactrian Empire

17
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1000 BC

A

Egyptian Empire

18
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purple dyed silk.

A

Alexander the Great

19
Q

Sericulture arrive in 200 BC in _____ and 3rd
century CE in _____

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Korea ; Japan

20
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PERIODS of SILK TRADE

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a) Chinese Han to Rome (206
BC to 220 CE)

b) Tang Dynasty to Byzantium
(618 to 907)

c) Yuan Dynasty to modern Europe
(13th-14th century)

d) Modern Era

21
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People from Central Asia allow the flow of trading from China.

A

Xiongsu

22
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Xiongsi is associated with high wealth and power

A

Caesar

23
Q

smuggled silks from China because Chinese silks are considered a high quality

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Byzantine Empire

24
Q

Introduced silk to cultural patterns of Sassanians and
Indians and the Assyrians tree of life.

A

TANG SILK ROAD

25
Q

Popular to Romans which led to a shortage of gold and silver

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Han to Rome

26
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The hegemony of Mongols throughout the 13th-14
century revitalize the Silk Road route, even with
conflicts among some ethnicities.

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MONGOL SILK ROAD

27
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Height of exchange in Medicine, Religion, spices and
precious stones.

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MONGOL SILK ROAD

28
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Fueled the Mercantilist transformation of Europe. Utilized by European royalties

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MODERN ERA

29
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capital city of ancient China

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Chang’an

30
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crossroads of the cultures, 7th century BC.

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Samarkand

31
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located in the Euphrates coasts

A

Aleppo

32
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capital of Eastern Roman Empire.

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Byzantium

33
Q

traveled to Dunhuang, through Samarkand, and to
origin of Buddhism in India

A

Xuanzang

34
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Learned the most difficult Buddhist texts which led to his persuading Chinese elites to embrace his faith

A

Xuanzang

35
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a Venetian who supposedly live with Kublai Khan
court for 17 years.

A

Marco Polo

36
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Recorded his accounts of cultural exchange and commodities.

A

Marco Polo

37
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unknowingly traveled across India and China were he recorded accounts on political and economic conditions.

A

Muhammad Ibn Battuta

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