{"id":46,"date":"2018-06-14T00:00:07","date_gmt":"2018-06-14T00:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/the-ancient-world\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=46"},"modified":"2024-11-15T17:19:44","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T17:19:44","slug":"week-9","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/the-ancient-world\/chapter\/week-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 10: The Silk &#8220;Road&#8221;"},"content":{"raw":"<h2>Overview:<\/h2>\r\nFerdinand von Richthofen coined the term <a href=\"http:\/\/afe.easia.columbia.edu\/special\/imgs\/silkroad_map2.pdf\">\"Silk Road\"<\/a> in 1887, yet it is a misleading name for what is truly a\u00a0 network of trade routes across central Asia. This network of trade routes can also include maritime trading lanes in the Indian Ocean, according to historians such a Xinru Liu. This chapter explores the development of empires and kingdoms along the trade routes of the \"Silk Road\" as well as the dynamic exchange of goods, ideas, and diseases fostered by these connections.\r\n<h2>Objectives:<\/h2>\r\nAfter completing this chapter, you will be able to:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Identify and apply the key steps of historical thinking<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Demonstrate knowledge of the primary sources and historical development of the Silk Road<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Understand the historical context of the Silk Road<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Identify and analyze the territorial empires that developed around the trade routes<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Evaluate the differences and similarities between Buddhism in South Asia and the practice of Buddhism along the \"Silk Road.\"<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h2>Section 1: Context<\/h2>\r\nRead: Millward, <a href=\"https:\/\/proxy.ulib.csuohio.edu\/login?url=https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/actrade\/9780199782864.001.0001\"><em>The Silk Road: A Very Short<\/em> <em>Introduction<\/em> Chapter 1.<\/a> Asia Society, <a href=\"https:\/\/asiasociety.org\/geographical-setting-silk-roads\">\"Geographic Setting of the Silk Roads\"<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/asiasociety.org\/education\/silk-road\">\"Silk Road: Spreading Ideas and Innovations,\"<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/asiasociety.org\/education\/belief-systems-along-silk-road\">\"Belief Systems along the Silk Road\", <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/asiasociety.org\/education\/music-silk-roads\">Music of the Silk Roads<\/a>\r\n<h2>Section 2: Primary Sources<\/h2>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/idp.bl.uk\/education\/silk_road\/index.a4d\">The Silk Road: Trade, Travel, War and Faith <\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/idp.bl.uk\/education\/buddhism\/index.html\">Buddhism on the Silk Road<\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/silkroad\/exhibit\/index.shtml\">Art of the Silk Road<\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/asiasociety.org\/education\/excerpts-religious-texts\">Excerpts from Religious Texts<\/a>\r\n<h2>Section 3: Maps of the Silk Road<\/h2>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/afe.easia.columbia.edu\/special\/imgs\/silkroad_map1.pdf\">1st to 3rd Century CE<\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/afe.easia.columbia.edu\/special\/imgs\/silkroad_map2.pdf\">7th to 9th Century CE<\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/afe.easia.columbia.edu\/special\/imgs\/silkroad_map3.pdf\">11th to 13th Century CE<\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/afe.easia.columbia.edu\/special\/imgs\/silkroad_map4.pdf\">13th and 14th Centuries CE<\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/afe.easia.columbia.edu\/special\/imgs\/silkroad_map5.pdf\">15th Century CE<\/a>\r\n<h2>Further Background<\/h2>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/afe.easia.columbia.edu\/special\/silk_road.htm\">Asia for Educators Special Topic Guide: Silk Road<\/a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;","rendered":"<h2>Overview:<\/h2>\n<p>Ferdinand von Richthofen coined the term <a href=\"http:\/\/afe.easia.columbia.edu\/special\/imgs\/silkroad_map2.pdf\">&#8220;Silk Road&#8221;<\/a> in 1887, yet it is a misleading name for what is truly a\u00a0 network of trade routes across central Asia. 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This chapter explores the development of empires and kingdoms along the trade routes of the &#8220;Silk Road&#8221; as well as the dynamic exchange of goods, ideas, and diseases fostered by these connections.<\/p>\n<h2>Objectives:<\/h2>\n<p>After completing this chapter, you will be able to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Identify and apply the key steps of historical thinking<\/li>\n<li>Demonstrate knowledge of the primary sources and historical development of the Silk Road<\/li>\n<li>Understand the historical context of the Silk Road<\/li>\n<li>Identify and analyze the territorial empires that developed around the trade routes<\/li>\n<li>Evaluate the differences and similarities between Buddhism in South Asia and the practice of Buddhism along the &#8220;Silk Road.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Section 1: Context<\/h2>\n<p>Read: Millward, <a href=\"https:\/\/proxy.ulib.csuohio.edu\/login?url=https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/actrade\/9780199782864.001.0001\"><em>The Silk Road: A Very Short<\/em> <em>Introduction<\/em> Chapter 1.<\/a> Asia Society, <a href=\"https:\/\/asiasociety.org\/geographical-setting-silk-roads\">&#8220;Geographic Setting of the Silk Roads&#8221;<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/asiasociety.org\/education\/silk-road\">&#8220;Silk Road: Spreading Ideas and Innovations,&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/asiasociety.org\/education\/belief-systems-along-silk-road\">&#8220;Belief Systems along the Silk Road&#8221;, <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/asiasociety.org\/education\/music-silk-roads\">Music of the Silk Roads<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Section 2: Primary Sources<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/idp.bl.uk\/education\/silk_road\/index.a4d\">The Silk Road: Trade, Travel, War and Faith <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/idp.bl.uk\/education\/buddhism\/index.html\">Buddhism on the Silk Road<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/silkroad\/exhibit\/index.shtml\">Art of the Silk Road<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/asiasociety.org\/education\/excerpts-religious-texts\">Excerpts from Religious Texts<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Section 3: Maps of the Silk Road<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/afe.easia.columbia.edu\/special\/imgs\/silkroad_map1.pdf\">1st to 3rd Century CE<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/afe.easia.columbia.edu\/special\/imgs\/silkroad_map2.pdf\">7th to 9th Century CE<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/afe.easia.columbia.edu\/special\/imgs\/silkroad_map3.pdf\">11th to 13th Century CE<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/afe.easia.columbia.edu\/special\/imgs\/silkroad_map4.pdf\">13th and 14th Centuries CE<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/afe.easia.columbia.edu\/special\/imgs\/silkroad_map5.pdf\">15th Century CE<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Further Background<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/afe.easia.columbia.edu\/special\/silk_road.htm\">Asia for Educators Special Topic Guide: Silk Road<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":113,"menu_order":6,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":["shelley-rose"],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[61],"license":[],"class_list":["post-46","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry","contributor-shelley-rose"],"part":58,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/the-ancient-world\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/46","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/the-ancient-world\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/the-ancient-world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/the-ancient-world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/113"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/the-ancient-world\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/46\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":682,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/the-ancient-world\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/46\/revisions\/682"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/the-ancient-world\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/58"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/the-ancient-world\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/46\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/the-ancient-world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/the-ancient-world\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=46"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/the-ancient-world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=46"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/the-ancient-world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=46"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}