How Trade Carried Buddhism to Southeast Asia

The Silk Road and Trans-Eurasian Trade Networks

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Examine how Indian Ocean monsoon trade networks facilitated the spread of Buddhist philosophy, art, and temple building to Southeast Asia.

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The Silk Road and Trans-Eurasian Trade Networks

6th Grade · Social Studies · US-MA-SS

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Analyze overland and maritime Silk Road routes, trade commodities, geographic obstacles, and the diffusion of Buddhism across Eurasia.

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7.T1.2.dMassachusetts Social Studies Standards · 5th Grade

the Mauryan Empire in the 4th to 2nd centuries BCE and the role of the Emperor Ashoka adopting Buddhism’s moral teachings and the philosophy of non-violence and supporting Buddhist missionaries in North Africa, Central and Southeast Asia, and Mediterranean Europe; the Gupta Empire in the 3rd to 6th centuries CE, sometimes referred to as the “Golden Age of India,” and its Sanskrit classic literature and art

7.T1.2.gMassachusetts Social Studies Standards · 5th Grade

the role topography and geography played in making trade along the several routes of the Silk Road viable and lucrative; connections through trade routes to Africa, Europe, and China