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WORLD HISTORYMR. BOYER
The Silk Roads
The Silk Road (or Silk Routes) is an extensive interconnected network ofroutes for trade that connect Asia with the Middle East and Europe.
The Silk Road was an important path for trade and for cultural diffusion. Missionaries and traders, soldiers and travelers crossed these routes exchanging products like silk and other fabrics, spices, perfume, saffron, medicines, glassware, and agricultural products.
They spread religions and technology and … plague..
Silk Thread
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Click icon to add pictureSaffron, perfume, rhubarb
Spices, medicine, jewels
Glassware, bronze work
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BUDDHISMART
TECHNOLOGY
Cultural exchanges on the Silk Road
Gunpowder and Fireworks
Printing
Compass
Astrolabe
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