1. THE SILK ROAD BY MADDIE DELORME AND MATTYE TOLLETT

2. THE SILK ROAD *THE SILK ROAD WAS STARTED IN 206BC. *THE SILK ROAD WAS NOT REALLY A ROAD,IT WAS NOT PAVED,IT WASN’T EVEN A SINGLE ROUTE. *THE SILK ROAD WAS A NAME GIVEN TO ANY ROUTE THAT LED FROM CHINA TO ROME.

3. THE SILK ROAD SECTION 1 ROME HAD SILVER,GOLD,AND PRECIOUS GEMS,WHILE CHINA HAD SILK,SPICES,AND IVORY. IDEAS TRAVELED ALONG THE SILK ROAD TOO,IDEAS THAT AFFECTED EVERYONE.

4. THE SILK ROAD SECTION 2 THE ROMANS WEREN’T SURPRISED TO HEAR ABOUT ANOTHER GREAT CIVILIZATION OVER THE MOUNTAINS. THEY HAD BEEN LOOKING FOR THE ‘‘SILK PEOPLE’’ FOR A LONG TIME.

5. THE SILK ROAD SECTION 3 THE ROMANS DISCOVERED SILK FROM PEOPLE THEY CONQUERED. SILK QUICKLY BECAME POPULAR IN ROME, BUT IT WAS VERY HARD TO GET.

6. THE SILK ROAD SECTION 4 THE ROMANS WANTED MORE SILK, UNFORTUNATELY,THEY DID NOT KNOW WHO OR WHERE THIS GREAT MATERIALS WAS COMING FROM. ROMANS TRIED TO FIND THE TRADERS AS THEY CAME INTO TOWNS & VILLAGES.

7. THE SILK ROAD SECTION 5 THE SILK TRADERS WERE IN HIDING BECAUSE THEY DID NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE SILK,ONLY THAT THEY COULD TRADE FOR IT. IN FRUSTRATION,THE ROMANS SENT OUT SOLDIERS TO FIND THE SILK MAKERS,BUT MOST OF THEM NEVER RETURNED.

8. THE SILK ROAD SECTION 6 THE ROMAN SOLDIERS WHO RETURNED SAID THEY HAD TO TURN BACK BECAUSE THEY COULDN’T FIND A WAY THROUGH THE DESERT. THE 4,000 MILE LONG TRIP WAS VERY DANGEROUS.

9. THE SILK ROAD SECTION 7 IF YOU TRIED TO MAKE THIS JOURNEY,YOU WOULD FACE WHITE-HOT DESERTS,INTIMIDATING MOUNTAINS, HARSH WINDS,AND DENSE JUNGLE. THERE WAS ONE NICE SECTION CALLED THE GANSU CORRIDOR.

10. THE SILK ROAD SECTION 8 THE GANSU CORRIDOR WAS A FERTIL STRIP THAT RAN ALONG THE BASE OF A MOUNTAIN. OF COURSE YOU WOULD OF HAD TO CROSS THE DESERT OR MOUNTAINS TO REACH THIS STRIP.

11. THE SILK ROAD SECTION 9 WHEN TRYING TO REACH THE GANSU CORRIDOR, SOMETIMES THERE WERE EVEN BANDITS OR PIRATES.

12. THE SILK ROAD SECTION 10 EVEN TRADERS COULDN’T MAKE THE WHOLE TRIP;THEY HAD TO WORK IN SHIFTS. EACH TRADER WOULD GO A CERTAIN DISTANCE, EXCHANGE THEIR GOODS,AND THE ATTEMPT TO RETURN HOME.

13. THE SILK ROAD SECTION 11 THERE WERE 3 EQUALLY DANGEROUS PATHS OF THE SILK ROAD:THE NORTHERN ROUTE -WESTWARD TO THE BLACK SEA,THE CENTRAL ROUTE-WESTWARD TO THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA, PERSIA, ROME,AND THE CENTRAL ROUTE -WESTWARD TO IRAN,INDIA.

14. THE SILK ROAD SECTION 12 THE SILK ROAD TOOK CARAVANS AS FAR AS THEY COULD GO UNTIL THE END OF THE HAN TERRITORY.

15. THE SILK ROAD SECTION 13 OVER TIME, THE SILK ROAD DEVELOPED ITS OWN CIVILIZATION. WHERE POSSIBLE, THE SILK ROAD BECAME LINED WITH HUGE TEMPLES AND BOOMING CITIES.

16. THE SILK ROAD SECTION 14 HAVING CIVILIZATION ALONG THE SILK ROAD MADE IT FAR EASIER TO CROSS,BUT IT WAS STILL DIFFICULT. IN SOME PLACES THERE WERE STILL VAST STRETCHES OF MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS TO GET ACROSS, WITH NO CITIES OR WATER IN SIGHT.

17. MAP OF THE SILK ROAD http://www.google.com/imgres?q=pics+of+the+sil k+road&hl=en&client=firefox- a&hs=ynE&sa=X&rls=org.mozilla:en- US:official&biw=1287&bih=940&tbm=isch&prm d=imvns&tbnid=euneP5TqQQNwPM:&imgrefu rl=http://www.radiodramareviews.com/silkroadof adaptation/&docid=End-lWpg- LT_NM&imgurl=http://www.radiodramareviews. com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/silkro ad2.jpg&w=1061&h=376&ei=w4YUT9nLG8ec twf70fn7Ag&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=871&vpy=16 2&dur=2376&hovh=133&hovw=377&tx=242&ty= 96&sig=114673408264694753826&page=1&tb nh=98&tbnw=248&start=0&ndsp=27&ved=1t:42 9,r:3,s:0

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