Others had open central courtyards where pack animals—horses, camels, yaks, oxen, and elephants—drank from stone water troughs.Caravanserais were located within a day’s journey of each other. This allowed merchants to avoid spending nights exposed to the Silk Road’s dangers. In many ...
54 even though there were dangers, many goods were sent in both directions.From Marco Polo's writings, we know 55 (clear) of some of the goods that businessmen traded from country to country. Chinese silk is the most well-known and gives the road 56 (it) name, but there were many ...
The_Silk_Road(丝绸之路)The SilkRoadAsiaContinentclassifiedintoRoadontheland referstotheancienttraderouteconnectingandEuropeanContinent,usuallyitcanbeNorthernSilkRoadontheland，SouthernSilkandtheSilkRoadonthesea.The NorthernSilkRoadonthelandusuallyreferstotheroutesstartfromChang’an(nowXi’an),travellingwestto...
of dangers - bandits, sandstorms, running out of food and water. But if you made it, you could get really rich selling your goods. Speaking of goods, let me tell you about some of the amazing things that traveled along the Silk Road. Of course, there was silk itself - lightweight yet...
THE SILK ROAD From then on, merchants could travel on the silk route safely, and they began to explore this new route in order to carry silk from China to other parts of the world. Silk was a valuable trade good because it was a cloth that was strong, warm, light, and soft. ...
It 68 (be)full of difficulties and dangers all the way. He crossed mountains, lonely deserts and the Gobi, went over plateaus(高原)and 69 (final) reached Persian Gulf by way of Tiaozhi (the present Iraq) and the Anxi Empire(Parthia).Besides, Feng Liao, Ban Chao, Ban Yong and Fu ...
The Silk Road was a network of trade - routes that connected the East and the West, extending from China to the Mediterranean region.Traders mainly used camels to cross the desert.When crossing the sea, traders faced dangers such as storms and pirate attacks.The Silk Road originated from Chin...
The dangers of the Western Silk road were treacherous Mountains know as “Trail of bones.” In the Syrian Desert traders were threatened by 31、 tigers, lions, and scorpions.,The Western Silk Road,Rome sent a number of products to be exchanged for Chinese silk such as vases, trays, small...
第四讲Unit7_The_Silk_Road(丝绸之路) * 哈哈哈 哈哈哈 Yuan Dynasty The silk road on the land revived greatly during Yuan Dynasty period when China became largely dependent on its silk trade. Genghis Khan conquered all the small states, unified China and built a large empire under his rule....
It also describes the risks and dangers envoys faced along the way—from financial catastrophe to robbery and murder.Using documents unearthed from the famous Dunhuang "library cave" in Western China, The King's Road paints a detailed picture of the intricate network of trans-Eurasian ...