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This 6 page paper explains what the Silk Road is, and then creates an imaginary journey across it. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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the imaginary journal of a family traveling the Silk Road in 2004. Discussion Before turning to the journey itself, we have to know where were going. The Silk Road "linked
the Eastern and Western civilizations between the Ancient and Middle Ages" (The great Silk Road guide, 2007). The Silk Road route "went through China along the Gan-Su corridor, then through
the Tarima basin, and the highlands of the Pamir and Tien-Shan ranges, into Central Asia, Afghanistan, Iran, the Eastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea, and still further on top trading
centers of the Near East, Countries of Silk Road, and Europe" (The great Silk Road guide, 2007). The Silk Road, which was about 7,000 kilometers long, first served as a
route from the capital of the Roman Empire to China; the most valuable commodity China exported was silk, from which the road takes its name (The great Silk Road guide,
2007). The network of routes that makes up the Silk Road has always been important to the people who live along it, because it was a source of information from
other countries as well as a source of merchandise, and because many wars started there (The great Silk Road guide, 2007). Along the Silk Road, many "natures and cultures, great
powers, centers or trading," and capitals of empires rose and fell; great trading centers were established and then declined (The great Silk Road guide, 2007). The network of caravan ways
"crossed Europe and Asia from China to the Mediterranean coast," and in ancient times was an important conduit for cultural exchange as well as business (The great Silk Road guide,
2007). Physically, the "longest part of the Silk Road lays across the territory of Central Asia and Kazakhstan" (The great Silk Road guide, 2007). It crosses deserts, steppes, rivers and
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