Silk Road Flashcards
What happened to the Silk Road after Islam declined around 1000s-1100s?
Passage along the silk road declined
What happened to the Silk Road during Pax Mongolica?
Passage along the Silk Road rose with the Mongols
What was the Silk Road?
several routes and waterways where more than silk were traded?
Why were nomads important?
were important either in facilitating or benefiting from or hindering trade
What was mostly traded?
Luxury goods
How was trade enhanced?
Bills of exchanged(check), paper money
What happened as trade improved with more money economies?
Credit increased
Why were caravanserai bult?
Merchants needed places to stay in the vast wilderness
What cities grew with trade?
Kashgar (in western China) and Samarkand (in modern Uzbekistan). These two were about 500 miles apart.
What did the Silk Road connect?
China, India, Persia/Europe
What were the religions that were spread by the Silk Road?
Islam and Buddhism
