Karlee S's List: The Silk Road

• The Silk Road was a trade route that went from China to Eastern Europe.

  • 1(inner voice)-that sounds exusting 
• went along the northern borders of China, India, and Persia

  • that was a long time ago
• The Silk Road was important because it helped to generate trade and commerce between a number of different kingdoms and empires

  • That's very interesting.
• called the Silk Road because one of the major products traded was silk cloth from China

  • now I know why they call it that.
• People throughout Asia and Europe prized Chinese silk for its softness and luxury

  • I luv silk!!!
• Romans called China the "land of silk"

  • That's nice to know
• It was over 4,000 miles long

  • That's so long
• Marco Polo traveled to China along the Silk Road.
• There wasn't just one route, but many routes. Some were shorter, but more dangerous. Others took longer, but were safer.

  • WOW!!

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• The silk road is a name coined by German geographer F. Von Richtofen in 1877, but it refers to a trade network used in antiquity
• through the silk road that imperial Chinese silk reached luxury-seeking Romans, who also added flavor to their food with spices from the East.

• The Silk Road (or Silk Route) refers to the network of trade routes crossing Asia, first reported to have been used during the Han Dynasty [206 BC-220 AD] in China