Trade Routes
The main purpose of ancient trade routes.
What is Exchange goods , ideas and culture?
What is famous for trading silk from China?
This animal was essential for the Tans-Sharan trade.
What are camels?
About 2700 km.
How long is the Royal Road?
Name one luxury item commonly traded on ancient routes.
What is silk, spices gold, and precious stones?
Three Major Trade Routes from Ancient History.
What is the Trans-Saharan, royal road and Silk Road.
This was also exchanged on the Silk Road.
What is Ideas, Technology and religon?
Two major goods traded across the Sahara.
This empire built relay stations along the Royal Road.
What is the Persian Empire
The types of spices were traded along the Silk Road.
What is black pepper, cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg?
What is the Mediterranean to the Persian Gulf
What is Buddism, paper-making and gunpowder.
Most of the gold in the Trans-Saharan came from here.
What is West Arica?
This is the key advantage of the Royal Road.
What is Faster communication and trade across the empire?
Trade routes also lead to cultures mixing through..
What is the Spread of religions, languages, technologies, and traditions.
The benefits of trade routes for civilizations.
What is Economic growth, cultural exchange and empire expansion?
The reason silk was such a valuable trade item.
It was exclusive to China, lightweight, and luxurious.
Large groups of traders traveled together for safety and efficiency.
What is the role of caravans?
For these reasons, the Royal Road contributed to the growth of the Persian Empire.
What is improved trade and military movement?
What is resources, alliances, wealth and technological advancements?
This empire built the Royal Road.
What is the Persian Empire?
These are challenges that traders face on the Silk Road.
What are Harsh deserts, bandits, language barriers, and long distances?
Used to preserve food, sometimes used as currency.
Why was salt such an important trade item?
What are relay stations that allow fresh horses to receive faster messages?
This is how ancient trade routes are similar to modern trade networks.
What is global trade, transport of luxury goods, international communication, and economic impact?