SILK ROUTE PPT FOR SCHOOL/COLLEGE/UNVERSITY LEVEL.

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2. SILK ROUTE
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3. PRELUDE
• In the 2nd
century BC,
Han dynasty
served as the
2nd Chinese
imperial
dynasty
• To counter the
threat of
Xiongnu,
emperor sent
an envoy to
Yuezhi
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4. PRELUDE
• The support
gathered
impressed the
emperor
• The emperor
decided to take
things further
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5. PRELUDE
• Triggering the
opening of the
silk route
• Silk route
connected the
East to the
West through a
network of
trade routes
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6. AIM
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“ To brief the class about Silk Route ”

7. SEQUENCE
Objective of Silk Route
Etymology
Historical importance of the Silk Route
Why has the Silk route become obsolete ?
Lessons learnt
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8. OBJECTIVE OF SILK ROUTE
“ Connect the west & the east in order to provide easier
means of trade ”
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9. ETYMOLOGY
• The silk route was the major
contributor of the trade of silk
throughout the region it spanned
over
• For a long while, only China
knew how to harvest silk from
silkworms
• Chinese managed to keep it a
well guarded secret
• As most of the silk came through
this route, it became famously
known as “Silk Route”
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10. HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE OF
SILK ROUTE
• Trade between west & east was possible only due to
the silk route
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11. HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE OF
SILK ROUTE
• Along with commodities it enabled the movement of
traditions, innovations, ideologies & languages
Originating in India, Buddhism migrated to China & Japan
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12. HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE OF
SILK ROUTE
• Along with commodities it enabled the movement of
traditions, innovations, ideologies & languages
Originating in India, Buddhism migrated to China & Japan
Islam spread from the Arabian peninsula into South Asia,
blending with native believes giving rise to Sikhism
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13. HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE OF
SILK ROUTE
• Gunpowder made its way from China to Middle East
forging futures of Ottoman, Safavid & Mughal Empires
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14. HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE OF
SILK ROUTE
• The famous black death also spread throughout the
world along the Silk Route
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15. WHY HAS THE SILK ROUTE
BECOME OBSOLETE ?
• New maritime technologies provided shorter sea
routes & making long land routes obsolete
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16. WHY HAS THE SILK ROUTE
BECOME OBSOLETE ?
• New maritime technologies provided shorter sea
routes & making long land routes obsolete
• Meanwhile the collapse of the Mongol rule was
followed by China’s withdrawal from international trade
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17. WHY HAS THE SILK ROUTE
BECOME OBSOLETE ?
• New maritime technologies provided shorter sea
routes & making long land routes obsolete
• Meanwhile the collapse of the Mongol rule was
followed by China’s withdrawal from international trade
• Hence, easier sea routes & reduced trade from the
East lead to the silk route becoming an obsolete route
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18. LESSONS LEARNT
• Although the old
routes & networks did
not last, they changed
the world forever &
there was no going
back
• The silk route was the
first step towards
global connectedness,
& today if we are
connected with the
whole world, it is due
to the silk route
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QUESTIONS

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