Chapter 7

Main focus are Roads
- Silk road
-Sea Road
- Sand Road

Road's contributions
-Goods/objects
-Culture
-Religion
-Disease

Silk Road
(Nations/regions Involved)
- China
-India
-Middle east
-mediterranean
Forest lands of Siberia and grasslands of Central Asia
(Products/Good)
-Silk, Bamboo, mirrors, gun powder, paper, rhubarb, ginger...
-furs, walrus tusks, amber, livestock, horses, falcons, hides...
-cotton, textiles, herbal medicine, precious stones, spices...
-dates, nuts, dried fruit, dyes, lapis lazuli, swords...
-gold coins, glassware, glazes, grapevines, jewelry...

Sea Roads
-Took place mostly in the Indian ocean
- Most places were the Mediterranean and south east Asia
-Allowed religion and culture to spread
Marco Polo

Sand roads
-also known as the Trans-Saharan Roads
-took place mostly in Northern and western Africa
 




















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