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The Introduction of Buddhism to China Along Trade Routes
Explain how Buddhist merchants and monks carried religious scriptures from India into China along Silk Road routes in the 1st century CE.
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The Silk Road and Trans-Eurasian Trade Networks
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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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Learning standards covered
7.T2b.2.fMassachusetts Social Studies Standards · 5th GradeChina’s role in trade across Asia and to and from Africa and Europe along the Silk Roads and the introduction of Buddhism in China starting c. 1st century CE.
7.T2c.1Massachusetts Social Studies Standards · 5th GradeTrace the spread of Buddhism from India in the 4th century BCE to China, Korea, and Japan, and its development in Japan from the 6th through the 13th century CE; explain significant cultural contributions of ancient Japan (e.g., Buddhist philosophy, art, calligraphy, and temple and landscape architecture).