Anju Kumar
AP World History
Mr. Kroeger Prompt: Analyze continuities and changes that occurred along the Silk Roads during time period of 200 B.C.E to 1450 along the Silk Roads from 200 B.C.E. to 1450 C.E. The Silk was a trading route that was created during the Han Dynasty. The trading route began in China and acted as the main route for trading through the different parts of Eurasia. There were many different goods that were traded along the route. Those goods were Asian and European staples. Along with goods, there were also many new and inventive ideas that were passed along the route such as ideas for religion. There were also diseases that passed through the routes of the Silk Road. During the time period of 200 BC to 1450 AD changes were brought about to the Silk Road and this was largely due to the introduction of the Black Plague as well as the spread of Islam and Buddhism along the routes. Even though these
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Three main things that traveled along the Silk Road to different countries in Eurasia between 200 BC and 1450 AD, were disease, ideas, and soldiers. During the time period of the Middle Ages, a large group of infected rats that were on a boat led to the spreading of a treacherous epidemic that cost millions of people their lives and had lasting significant effects on the world. The Silk Road was comprised of both land and sea routes and because of this, it causes the Silk Road to be the perfect way to spread the Black Plague to different parts of the world. Ships that carried the disease with them would dock and different ports along the Silk Road and then this would, in turn, lead to the rapid spreading of the plague to people on land. The Silk