How did the Silk Road enable Extensive Cultural Diffusion? World of Trade How did the Silk Road enable Extensive Cultural Diffusion?
Silk Road Trade Traded goods such as spices, silks, porcelains, etc.
Silk Road Trade
Xi’an (Chang’an) one of the biggest cities in the world a center of international trade. Silk Road started here
Dunhuang
Gobi Desert
Taklamakan Desert
Spread of Buddhism
Samarkand Fruit markets Oasis of Ismail (a Muslim ruler) = garden city
Baghdad Means “east gate” Was the largest city in the world in the year 900 Was a center of learning for the Muslim world
Damascus Caravans One of the starting points of the silk road
Byzantium/ Constantinople/Istanbul End/beginning = starting point for the European market = very wealthy
World Travellers Marco Polo – known for his travels across China and his accounts of Kublai Khan
World Travellers Ibn Battuta – a world renowned traveller who journeyed across North Africa, through the Middle East (Southwest Asia) and reached China
World Travellers Xuanzang – A Chinese Buddhist monk who travelled through China, to India compiling Buddhist texts