tushar presentation on silk

8/17/2019 Tushar Presentation on Silk

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Name - Tushar

Class - 9th A

Roll no - 25

Geography Project


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Geography Project

Silk Route


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The Silk Roa or Silk Route re!ers to ahistorical net"ork o! interlinking traeroutes across the A!ro-#urasian lanmassthat connecte #ast$ South$ an %estern

Asia "ith the &eiterranean an #uropean "orl$ as "ell as parts o! North an #ast

A!rica' The lan routes "ere supplemente (y sea routes "hich e)tene !rom the ReSea to #ast A!rica$ *nia$ China$ anSoutheast Asia'#)tening +$,,, miles .$5,, km/$ the SilkRoa gets its name !rom the lucrati0eChinese silk trae along it$ "hich (eganuring the 1an ynasty 2,. 3C# 4 22,C#/' The central Asian sections o! the traeroutes "ere e)pane aroun + 3C# (ythe 1an ynasty$ largely through the

missions an e)plorations o! 6hang

Silk Route


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The expansion of the Han empiremade the Silk road possible byopening up trade routes.

A Chinese explorer named ZhangQian is often called the father ofthe Silk Road.

Zhang Qian as sent to make an

alliance ith the Huns! hich asne"er successful. He did hoe"erlearn about crops such as grapes!a more poerful horse forcombat! and established trade

relationships.

The 7ather 8! The

Silk Roa

6hang ian !ather o!Silk Roa


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• Silk "as a 0alua(le traegoo (ecause it "as acloth that "as strong$ "arm$ light$ an so!t'

• *t "as 0alua(le (ecause at

the time only the Chinesekne" ho" to make it'

• :ner 1an rule re0ealingthe silk making process

"as punisha(le (y eath'

Silk as a goo

trae


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*T#&S TRA# A;8NG T1# S*;< R8A8:

3ACTR*ANCAS

G;ASS

CARP#TS

TA; %8R


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• %hen people o! other culture learne a(out silk$ it "as a highly pri>e material'

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The roman "ante silk an it "as consierelu)ury item'

• The Roman trae glass"are an gol somethingthe Chinese really "ante'

Rome Traes

Glass"are 7or Silk


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The #astern Silk Roa The Silk roa "as not one

continuous route$ (ut a series o!shorter trae routes so the gooscoul change many time (e!orereaching the !inal estination'

7rom ;uoyang $ the silk roa le "est along the Go(i esert tounhuang in North"estern China'Tra0elers roe a Camel on theeastern silk roa'

7rom unhuang tra0elers chooseeither a northern or southernroute across the Takliman esert to


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Goos #)change AlongThe #astern Silk Roa Silk "as the per!ect traing goo$ (ecause it "as light an

0alua(le' Goos ha to (e easily carrie so that merchantscoul transport more goos on !e"er animals'

3esies silk$ the Chinese also trae !ine ish"are$

ornaments$ je"elry$ cast iron proucts$ an ecorati0e (o)es'

The Chinese recei0e a 0ariety o! traes !or their goos suchas horses$ jae$ !urs$ gol$ cotton$ spices$ pearls$ an i0ory'


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The %estern Silk

Roa


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Goos #)change Along The %estern Silk Roa

Rome sent a num(er o! prouctsto (e e)change !or Chinese silksuch as 0ases$ trays$ small

(ottles$ as(estos$ an gol' Ti(erius the emperor o! Rome

passe a la" "here it "as illegalto "ear silk'

*t "as (elie0e that Ti(eriusthough it "oul make theRomans look so!t an "eak$ (utmany (elie0e it "as (ecause o!the shortage o! gol'


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Cultural #)changes An TheSilk Roa The trae (et"een east an "est create cultural i!!usion' 3y 5,, 3'C'#' the %est an east ha learne to make ne"

proucts !rom each other such as glass an silk' %ith the sharing o! cultures such as *nia$ 3uhism sprea

throughout china an other surrouning ci0ili>ations' 7oo "ere also (rought throughout the silk roa' China

importe ne" !oo such as grapes$ !igs$ pomegranates$ an "alnuts' The %est importe oranges$ peaches$ pears$ ani!!erent !lo"ers such as chrysanthemums'


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A!ter &ongols Silk Roa isappears' Portugese look !or a "ay to rene" trae

routes This resulte in !irst maritime trae post

#urope China

Rene"ing The Trae


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Ne" e0elopments o! silk route "hichimpro0es communication routes in highaltitue B

As the "orl is (ecominga0ance so the !acilitiesan communication le0el

o! silk route is alsoimpro0ing ne" thingstrains $ 0ehicle ansatellites are use it ' Acommunications

satellite$ sometimesa((re0iate to SATC8&$is an arti!icial satellitestatione in space !or thepurposes o!

telecommunications'

7or !i)e or point-to-point

ser0ices$ communicationssatellites pro0ie a micro"a0eraio relay technologycomplementary to that o!su(marine communication

ca(les'


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They are also use !or mo(ile applications such ascommunications to ships$ 0ehicles$ planes an han-helterminals$ an !or T an raio (roacasting$ !or "hichapplication o! other technologies$ such as ca(le$ isimpractical or impossi(le'&oern communications satellites use a 0ariety o!

or(its incluing geostationary or(its$ &olniya or(its$other elliptical or(its an lo" #arth or(its' ;o" earthor(iting satellites are less e)pensi0e to launch into or(itthan geostationary satellites an$ ue to pro)imity to thegroun$ onDt reEuire as high signal strength'%ith the

gro"ing eman !or remote access (roa(an ser0ices$satellite net"orks are (ecoming increasingly popular' *nremote an rural areas$ "here there is little or noterrestrial communications in!rastructure$ satellitecommunications (ecomes the only 0ia(le option'


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