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- International Trade Silk RoadPresentation by Petras Zibolis VVEK TAK-10
- Content What is Silk Road Renewing the trade Cultural exchange Present day Nature of the route Restoration and Development of the tourism route Best years Mongols Decline of the route
- Silk Road It is a network of interlinking trade routes across the Afro-Eurasia Extending 6,500 km Silk Road gets its name from the lucrative Chinese silk trade
- Cultural exchange Silk Road spread and intermixed ideas religions and cultures
- Nature of the route There was no single route All routes started from capital in Changan Many other commodities were also traded
- Development of the route Policing the route was troublesome Built defensive forts and walls This way spread Christianity
- Best Silk Roads years Changan developed into biggest and most cosmopolitan city of that time Many foreigners lived in the city
- Mongols More symphatetic to religion Continued trading along the Silk Road Marco Polo travels
- Decline of the Route Mongol empire fragmented Black death affected the routes and trades Mercantilism spread from the west
- Renewing the trade After Mongols Silk Road dissapears Portugese look for a way to renew trade routes This resulted in first maritime trade post Europe China
- Present day Silk Road is becoming important again due to railways between Euroasia
- Restoration and tourism Interest in this ancient trade route grows People are inspired by Marco Polo Archaeological excavations have been started
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