During the period of time between 200 B.C.E and 1250 C.E, the Silk Road underwent many subtle changes while at the same time having continuities from 200 B.C.E. The trade of spices and goods to and from Asia and Europe remained constant, while the materials exchanged slowly changed. The Silk Road still had many continuities from the year 200 B.C.E. One of those continuities was that the original purpose of the silk road remained intact. One of those purposes was to get Asian agricultural products and trade them with European merchants along the Silk Road,and vice versa. This is a continuity because the sole purpose of the Silk Road remained. That purpose was for Europeans to trade with Asians, and the other way around. Another of …show more content…
One of those changes was that instead of just items being traded throughout the roads, new diseases were beginning to be spread from merchant to merchants and soon region to region. One of those diseases was the Bubonic Plague, which originated from the mongols. This disease spread westward along the Silk Road and sickened many people. This is a change because what was once just a simple trading system became into a highway for the spread of many killer diseases. Another of those changes was that new ideas were being spread throughout the Silk Road from 200 B.C.E to 1450 C.E. Two ideas in particular were religious in nature. These ideas were Buddhism and Islam. These two ideas spread from one part of the silk road to the other. This is a change because these were two new ideas that were presented after 200 B.C.E. Also many other new ideas were spread, many ideas which weren't present in the year of 200 B.C.E. These ideas helped influence many new things.Another change was that new empires or regions began to trade, and the regions or empires that used to the have either fallen or no longer traded. One example is Roman Empire, which had fallen in 47C.6E, no longer traded in the road because it had fallen. An example of a new empire that traded was the Islamic Empire; this empire used the road to spread their stopped religion of Islam. This is a change because