Silk road college 1

Question 1

Waar begon de Silk Road?

Answer 1

Xian (Sian), ancient capital of China

Question 2

Belangrijkste punten van Xian (Sian), ancient capital of China

Answer 2

Terracotta army. Emperor Shi Huang Di
(Shi-Huang-ti ruling 221-210 BCE)
•Qin dynasty
•Ruling by fear
•Execution of scholars, intellectuals and so on
•Impressive burial
•First Chinese wall in willow branches(up to Dun Huang in Taklamakan dessert)

Question 3

Wat was de eerste beweging van de Silk Road

Answer 3

the mission of Chang Ch’ien

Question 4

Door wie was Chang Ch’ien gestuurd?

Answer 4

Han emperor Wudi

Question 5

Wat was de reden voor the mission of Chang Ch’ien?

Answer 5

attacks of the XIONG NU (Hsuing-nu) from the north

Question 6

Wat hield de missie van Chang Ch’ien in?

Answer 6

Contact with the Yueh Chih, now in Fergana
•Started 138 bce
•Captured by Xiong Nu
•Fled to Yueh Chih
•Captured by Tibetans
•Back to Han emperor

Question 7

Wat leverde de missie van Chang Ch’ien op?

Answer 7

Friendship with Yueh Chih
•Trade possible
•‘Heavenly horses, bloodsweating’
•So far Mongolian horses, (which are not Przewalski (Prejevalsky) horses

Question 8

Wat was het traditionele begin van de Silk Road?

Answer 8

• big wild goose pagoda in Xian
• Built by emperor Gazong in 652 ce for Xuan Zang on his return from India
• Xuan Zang translated his manuscripts there

Question 9

Wat is er belangrijk aan Mogao Caves of

Dun Huang?

Answer 9

End of the ‘inner silk road’, beginning of the

‘outer silk road

Question 10

Hoe gingen ze door de Taklamakan Woestijn?

Answer 10

Met behulp van Bactrian camels en het Karez irrigatiesysteem van Turfan. Ze verhandelden Tang sancai (three color)pottery

Question 11

Wat weet je van Rome and silk?

Answer 11

First encounter: battle with the central Asian Parthians in 53 bce. Battle of Carrhae. Scary banners of blue silk
•‘Silk grew on trees’
•Pliny: The Seres are famous for the wool of their forests. They remove the down from leaves with the help of water…’.
•Romans were fond of silk, Parthians were the middlemen.
•Searoutes (archeological findings in South India)

Question 12

Wat heeft Alexander the Great te maken met de Silk Road?

Answer 12

Expedition in presentday Afghanistan, Pakistan and India in 334-323 bce

Question 13

Tegen wie vocht Alexander de Grote binnen de Silk Road?

Answer 13

Persian emperor Darius en Indian king Porus.

Question 14

Wat weet je van battle with king Porus?

Answer 14

India
326 bce
•Battle elephants
•Sogdian Princess Roxane (Roshani?)
•Stories: golddigging ants (larger than foxes)
•Mice eating iron
•Embassador Megasthenes at the court of Candragupta Maurya of Pataliputra
•Hellenistic art
•Greek/Hellenistic philosophy

Question 15

Wie werden de Kushanas van West Azie?

Answer 15

De Yueh Chih

Question 16

Wat waren de voornaamste ideeën die meereisden met de Silk Road?

Answer 16

Buddhism
•Christianity
•Judaism
•Zoroastrism
•Manichaeism
•Islam

Question 17

Wat was de rol van Xian (Sian)?

Answer 17

international centre van de kooplieden in Central Asia

Question 18

Wie smokkelden zijde?

Answer 18

Nestorian monks under Iustinian to Constantinople (6th ce)

•Sogdian princess

Question 19

Wat betekende het einde van de Silk Road?

Answer 19

Neglect of the oases, end of natural water resources and neglect of irrigation systems
•Islam
•Ming dynasty (1368-1644)
Chinese choice for isolation