The Silk Road: Connecting the ancient world through trade - Shannon Harris Castelo

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Chinese silk reached Rome, drained gold from the empire, and prompted a Roman ban. Roman glassware became prized in China.
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The Silk Road helped undermine itself. The magnetic compass made maritime routes more competitive, while political changes reduced Chinese participation in international trade.
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Relay points on the Persian Royal Road moved goods and messages in about one-tenth the time required by a single traveler.
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Gunpowder traveled from China to the Middle East, helping shape the Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal empires.
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Darius I completed the Persian Royal Road in the fifth century BCE, stretching nearly 2,000 miles from the Tigris River to the Aegean Sea.
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Buddhism spread from India to China and Japan, becoming dominant there. Islam entered South Asia, blended with local beliefs, and contributed to Sikhism.
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The old routes ended, but their connections permanently transformed the world and helped generate the European Age of Exploration.
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The Silk Road carried more than commodities. Religions, technologies, ideologies, traditions, and languages reshaped societies far from their origins.
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Modern globalization is a technological version of an ancient pattern of cross-cultural economic and cultural interconnectedness.
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Global exchange is more than 2,000 years old, spanning a roughly 5,000-mile Eurasian network known as the Silk Road.

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