THE SILK ROAD



The silk road was not a road it was a network of trade routes.  It reshaped the lives of everyone, people exchanging ideas, products, drugs, spices, trade offered a way to meet their wives, husbands, and by this it helped to expand the family unit as well as the cities.  Trade connections were made between Africa, Eurasia, Eastern Mediterranean to Central Asia and China.  Silk was only found in China and was a highly guarded secret. China spun the silk from the cocoons of worms that feed on the mulberry trees. Silk was a sign of the elite and the elite finally had something to spend their money on.  Silk kept them cool in the summer and warm in the winter.  You could call this the bling of the seconded and third century CE.

Some of the products that travel on the silk road networks were olives, olive oil and wine from Mediterranean region, jade, silver and iron from China, cotton from India, ivory from East Africa, and Arabia exported incense, spices and tortes’ shells.  Nomads’ moved these goods from one location to another by caravan, causing the rise of product prices along the way.   

The trading along the way gave way to disease and had great influence on politics. There were some good things that happened because of the silk road it changed the life of the people. Expanding economics pushed more people to go into business.  Spinning silk gave way to new jobs for people and made the rich richer.   Buddhism, was practice in a large spread area Mahayana.   Monks that lived in the mountains prayed for the travelers caring the trade.   In 1346 CE Black of death killed half of the European people in four years lots of people died in Italy and 2/3 in London.  It was the beginning of the new world. Does it get better?

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