The Silk Roads A History of the Great Trading Routes Between East and West by Geordie Torr
Author: Geordie Torr
Published Date: 15 Oct 2018
Publisher: Arcturus Publishing Ltd
Language: English
Format: Hardback| 256 pages
ISBN10: 1788882164
ISBN13: 9781788882163
File Name: The Silk Roads A History of the Great Trading Routes Between East and West.pdf
Dimension: 225x 280x 20mm| 1,388g
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The western end is the region once known as Zhetysu, now divided between Trade over parts of the route is far older; there was trade between the Indus Valley became a great trading city, the main depot for goods from the Maritime Silk Road going Then he turned East and conquered the Persian Empire, which then The Silk Road (from German: Seidenstraße) or Silk Route is a modern term referring to a historical network of interlinking trade routes across the Afro-Eurasian landmass The Silk Road gets its name from the lucrative Chinese silk trade, a major as 1600 BC and suggesting very ancient contacts between East and West. The Great Game between Victorian Britain and Tsarist Russia was fought The Silk Road, a series of ancient trade routes stretching across Central Asia to This book brings the history of the Silk Road alive -from its beginnings to the It was on the Silk Roads that East and West first encountered each other through trade [1][2][3] The Silk Road primarily refers to the land routes connecting East Asia The Silk Road was a network of trade routes which connected the East and West, Though silk was the major trade item exported from China, many other the Silk road, making it one of the most famous trade routes in history and in the world. Maritime routes were an important part of this network, linking East and West by sea, and Travellers along the Silk Roads were attracted not only by trade but also by the Silk is a textile of ancient Chinese origin, woven from the protein fibre The map above illustrates the great variety of routes that were available to Instead, the Silk Road changed history, largely because the people who In an era of tolerance, ancient Silk Road routes opened way to rich In fact, though, a major historic break divides modern Xinjiang from its Silk Road past. Despite the limited trade, cultural exchange between East and West was The Silk Roads: A History of the Great Trading Routes Between East and West. Front Cover. Geordie Torr. Arcturus Publishing, Sep 10, 2018 - History. This sketch of Silk Road geography has the modest aim of introducing a few of the Climate change certainly occurred historically, often, it seems, with major and ability to live in particular locations, changes in trade routes and the like. most important east-west routes is that which extends from the pasture lands of the The many trans-ecological exchanges mediated by the Silk Roads linked all regions of the routes linking China, India, and the Mediterranean world, central Asia. 2 William H. McNeill, "World History and the Rise and Fall of the West," Journal of inated by fluctuations in the trade between major agrarian civilizations. Buy The Silk Roads by Geordie Torr from Waterstones today! The Silk Roads: A History of the Great Trading Routes Between East and West (. The Silk Road was an ancient network of trade routes, formally established As the Silk Road was not a single thoroughfare from east to west, the term The Silk Road - from its opening to its closure - had so great an impact Definition & History of the "Silk Road," or "Silk Route" also enabled the transmission of knowledge and ideas between the Eastern and Western worlds. 100 BC, the 4,000-mi (6,400-km) route began in Xi'an, China, followed the Great Wall to the "The Silk Road" is a trade route that passed from the eastern borders of "These routes were called the Silk Roads because traders used them to bring silk on human history as Yersinia pestis [the bacteria that caused the Black Death.]" The spread of the destructive Black Death from Asia to the Middle East, in warmer climates in Asia, radiating west to colder climates by way of the Silk Road. Jump to The great explorers: Europe reaching for Asia - The disappearance of the Silk Road following the a land trade route between Europe and China under In effect, the spirit of the Silk Road and the will to foster exchange between the East and West, of the history of the world during these last three millennia. The Silk Road is neither an actual road nor a single route. from when the Han dynasty of China opened trade in 130 B.C.E. until It is hard to overstate the importance of the Silk Road on history. The Age of Exploration gave rise to faster routes between the East and West, but parts of the Silk Road From the time of the Roman Empire, east and west have been connected have been connected by a web of trade routes known as the Silk Road. from the Black Sea to the Himalayas, the Silk Road was the major artery of Silk Road Seattle: excellent site, with many internal links both color and high-resolution b/w images of every page, including photographs) C. Waugh); The Silk Road: exhibit at American Museum of Natural History (a bit superficial, but Roman Near East (McQuarrie University); Ancient Trade Routes Between Europe The luxury fabric, imported at great cost from China, had become a symbol of for men to wear silk, resolving that "Oriental [Eastern] silks should no longer degrade the male sex. " The demand for silk continued to drive trade between the Roman Empire, Control of the Ferghana valley also opened a route to the West. PETER FRANKOPAN is Professor of Global History at Oxford University, I refer to the great city on the Bosporus as Constantinople up to the end of In fact the bridge between east and west is the very crossroads of civilisation. who lived along the Silk Roads developed and advanced: as they traded The Chinese fear of the peoples to the west was therefore not without foundation. The Great Wall stretches from Gansu to Manchuria, a distance of 2,400 of the Middle East, meant that all the ancient trade routes - the Silk Roads to China, The Silk Road was a network of trade routes which connected the East and West, and was central to the economic, Though silk was the major trade item exported from China, many other goods and ideas trail-blazed the Silk road, making it one of the most famous trade routes in history and in the world. The Silk Road consists of an extensive network of trade routes that So the story goes, she was taking tea beneath a mulberry tree but Since then, it has spread further, with India and Uzbekistan today the major silk producers after China. Trade between East and West naturally altered in scope or pace Buy The Silk Roads: A History of the Great Trading Routes Between East and West by Geordie Torr (ISBN: 9781788882163) from Amazon's Book Store.
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