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What materials were traded on the Silk Road besides silk?
What materials were traded on the Silk Road besides silk?
- Gold and silver
- Spices and herbs
- Ceramics, glass, precious gems, and livestock (correct)
- Timber and lumber
What was the traditional exchange point for traders from East and West?
What was the traditional exchange point for traders from East and West?
- The Pamir Plateau (correct)
- The Taklamakan Desert
- Kashgar
- Chinese civilization
Why did travellers not continue further eastwards from Kashgar?
Why did travellers not continue further eastwards from Kashgar?
- The mountains were too high
- The desert was too hot
- The region was too dangerous
- The Taklamakan Desert was too difficult to cross (correct)
Who first used the term "silk road"?
Who first used the term "silk road"?
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How far was the journey beyond the Taklamakan Desert before reaching the first signs of Chinese civilization?
How far was the journey beyond the Taklamakan Desert before reaching the first signs of Chinese civilization?
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Study Notes
- Silk Road opened in 139 B.C. when Zhang Qian travelled westward across the Pamirs
- Silk was not the only material traded, ceramics, glass, precious gems, and livestock were also exchanged
- Stone Tower on the Pamir Plateau was a traditional exchange point for traders from East and West
- Trade may have taken place in the region millennia before recorded trade
- Traders had to cross the Pamir Plateau and the 20,000-foot-high mountains to reach Kashgar
- Kashgar was a logical place for trade and rest, where they could exchange horses or camels
- Travellers would not have continued further eastwards from Kashgar due to the Taklamakan Desert
- Taklamakan Desert literally means "Go in and you won't come out"
- Beyond the desert, there were still 800 miles of dangerous journey before reaching the first signs of Chinese civilization
- The term "silk road" was first used in the late 19th century by a German geographer, Baron Ferdinand von Richthofen.
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