How did the Silk Roads impact:
Religion (Buddhism and Christianity)- Buddhism spread mainly to the east but was blocked in the west due to Zoroastrianism. It spread slowly among pastoralists for it made founding monasteries hard and most nomads were illiterate so they couldn't read the written teachings. Merchants helped transmit Christian beliefs along the Silk Road, and in 638 the first Nestorian church was created in Changan. Evidence of Nestorian Christian writings can be found in previously mentioned cave temples at Dunhuang.
Trade (What products came from each location?)- Silk came from China and was popular all over, especially in Rome where the elite/rich wore it to show their social status. Camel caravans were the vehicles that often times carried the goods from one place to another. Grape and Olive products came from Rome. Caravans towards China carried gold (and other precious metals), ivory, valuable stones, and glass. In the opposite direction (westward) furs, ceramics, jade, bronze, lacquer, and iron were carried.
China- Silk, bamboo, mirrors,gunpowder, paper, rhubarb, ginger, lacquer-ware, chrysanthemums.
Siberia (forest lands) and Central Asia (grasslands)- Furs, walrus tusks, amber, livestock, horses, falcons, hides, copper vessels, tents, saddles, slaves.
India- Cotton textiles, herbal medicine, precious stones, spices.
Disease (What diseases and what was their impact?)- Due to the travel, societies were exposed to unfamiliar diseases, such as the smallpox/measles in the Roman Empire and the Han Dynasty. The Bubonic Plague from 534-750 C.E within Mediterranean.The Black Death, from China to Europe, this caused farmers to be able to demand high pay because their services were in such short supply. <--Grain prices also dropped.
Technology- Donkey Saddles, with stirrups. Domesticated pack animals, and the yoke which is the wood that hooks up oxen to something. Maritime technology, Lanteen Sails (triangular in shape rather than the squares that were used. These were invented because the physics of the wind became better understood).
Religion (Buddhism and Christianity)- Buddhism spread mainly to the east but was blocked in the west due to Zoroastrianism. It spread slowly among pastoralists for it made founding monasteries hard and most nomads were illiterate so they couldn't read the written teachings. Merchants helped transmit Christian beliefs along the Silk Road, and in 638 the first Nestorian church was created in Changan. Evidence of Nestorian Christian writings can be found in previously mentioned cave temples at Dunhuang.
Trade (What products came from each location?)- Silk came from China and was popular all over, especially in Rome where the elite/rich wore it to show their social status. Camel caravans were the vehicles that often times carried the goods from one place to another. Grape and Olive products came from Rome. Caravans towards China carried gold (and other precious metals), ivory, valuable stones, and glass. In the opposite direction (westward) furs, ceramics, jade, bronze, lacquer, and iron were carried.
China- Silk, bamboo, mirrors,gunpowder, paper, rhubarb, ginger, lacquer-ware, chrysanthemums.
Siberia (forest lands) and Central Asia (grasslands)- Furs, walrus tusks, amber, livestock, horses, falcons, hides, copper vessels, tents, saddles, slaves.
India- Cotton textiles, herbal medicine, precious stones, spices.
Disease (What diseases and what was their impact?)- Due to the travel, societies were exposed to unfamiliar diseases, such as the smallpox/measles in the Roman Empire and the Han Dynasty. The Bubonic Plague from 534-750 C.E within Mediterranean.The Black Death, from China to Europe, this caused farmers to be able to demand high pay because their services were in such short supply. <--Grain prices also dropped.
Technology- Donkey Saddles, with stirrups. Domesticated pack animals, and the yoke which is the wood that hooks up oxen to something. Maritime technology, Lanteen Sails (triangular in shape rather than the squares that were used. These were invented because the physics of the wind became better understood).
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