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In addition to silk, the route carried many other precious commodities. Caravans heading towards China carried gold and other precious metals, ivory, precious stones, and glass, which was not manufactured in China until the fifth century.
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www.ess.uci.edu/~oliver/silk.html
www.ess.uci.edu/~oliver/silk.html
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In fact, Buddhism spread from India to China because of trade along the Silk Route, similar to the way Islam spread along trans-Saharan routes in medieval West Africa. . ... While the Chinese did maintain a silk-fur trade with the Russians north of the original Silk Route, by the end of the fourteenth century,
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library.thinkquest.org/13406/sr/
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The Silk Road Project is a not-for-profit arts and educational organization, a catalyst promoting innovation and learning through the arts. ... Off the Map on Soundcheck; The Silk Road Ensemble new album Off the Map was a pick of the week on WNYC's Soundcheck. This album of globe-spanning new music is available now on CD...
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www.silkroadproject.org/
www.silkroadproject.org/
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The Silk Road (or Silk Route) is surely one of the oldest routes of international trade in the world. ... Recent studies have been conducted on key locations along the Silk Route at the Han Dynasty sites of Chang'an, Yingpan, and Loulan, where imported goods indicate that these were important cosmopolitan cities.
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archaeology.about.com/cs/asia/a/silkroad.htm
archaeology.about.com/cs/asia/a/silkroad.htm
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Before sailors discovered a water route from Europe to China, traders exchanged goods along the Silk Road. Learn more about the Silk Road in the Electronic Passport at www.mrdowling.com. ... The primary trade route between China and the west was the Silk Road, a 4,000-mile caravan route through South Asia and the Middle...
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www.mrdowling.com/613-silkroad.html
www.mrdowling.com/613-silkroad.html
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Eventually, the civilizations of Western Asia and China would come in contact by way of an overland trade route known as The Silk Road. ... When considering the nature of the Silk Road, one must remember that there was no one silk route, but many routes, roads, and paths that head in an east-west direction.
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www.humboldt.edu/~geog309i/ideas/raysilk.html
www.humboldt.edu/~geog309i/ideas/raysilk.html
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This website takes you along the Silk Route in terms of both geography and time – from its beginning in Dunhuang in China to its end in the Middle East (with exotic stopovers along the way), and from the trade in Afghani rock salt and lapis lazuli 6,000 years ago to the adventures of Marco Polo in the 13th century.
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www.channel4.com/history/microsites/H/history/n-s/silkr...
www.channel4.com/history/microsites/H/history/n-s/silkroute.html
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Oriental Rug Discussion ... The Silk Route dates back at least 5500 years where as silk only dates back about three thousand years. The early trade on the route was for rock salt. Salt is necessary for life and has a number of uses.
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www.spongobongo.com/zy9985.htm
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Both religions reached China along the Silk Road; but Buddhism--now largely supplanted by Islam along the route--was the first to arrive. From its birthplace in India, Buddhism was carried by stout-hearted missionaries--Parthians, Soghdians, Bactrians, Kushans and others--along the same trails traveled by merchants.
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www.alumni.caltech.edu/~pamlogan/srart.html
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