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The Silk Road and Trans-Eurasian Trade Networks

6th Grade · Social Studies · US-MA-SS

11 lessons

Goal

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

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  1. The Silk Road: Trade and Cultural Exchange Across EurasiaUp next
  2. Zhang Qian and the Opening of Trans-Eurasian RoutesNot started yet
  3. Topography and Geography: Navigating Deserts and Mountain PassesYou are here
  4. Oasis City-States: Dunhuang, Samarkand, and KashgarNot started yet
  5. Commodities of the Silk Road: Silk, Spices, Horses, and GlasswareNot started yet
  6. Rome's Trade With India and East AsiaNot started yet
  7. Trade Connections Between Asia, Africa, and the MediterraneanNot started yet
  8. The Introduction of Buddhism to China Along Trade RoutesNot started yet
  9. The Spread of Buddhism: From India to East AsiaNot started yet
  10. How Trade Carried Buddhism to Southeast AsiaNot started yet
  11. Assessing the Relationship Between Trade and Religious SpreadNot started yet
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Learning standards covered

us-ma7.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