Track 8

Unit 6

History

The Silk Road

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Build your vocabulary.

1) The silk Road was a large network of interconnected roots. People could travel between China and Rome through various roads that came together.

2) Some traders stayed on the northern route of the silk Road others took an alternate route to the South. Both roots led to the Mediterranean Sea.

3) The Han Dynasty controlled China for nearly 400 years. Under this powerful families control China develop trade with Europe.

4) during the Han Dynasty. The Chinese army was engaged in a conflict with Mongol invaders from the north. They fought for many years.

5) The Army needed to recruit more fighters, so that it would have enough soldiers to defend northern China.

6) In 138 BCE, Emperor Wudi sent a group to western China, where the group’s leader was held prisoner for a decade. The Emperor was surprised when the leader returned after those 10 years.

7) As the silk Road developed, the Romans and the Chinese were pushing east and west, respectively. In other words, the Romans went east toward China while the Chinese went west toward Rome.

8) The years of the Tang Dynasty with the peak. For the silk Road. It was most heavily used during that time.

9) The Chinese city of Sheng on now called Sian was very prosperous lots of money and goods flowed into Sheng on from many countries.

10) Around 900 CE, trade along the silk Road started to decline sharply trade decreased because ongoing fighting made it unsafe to travel.