HIS102Y1 Lecture 8: LEC 8 The Exchange of Goods and Idea along the Silk Roads
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The exchange of goods and idea along the silk roads: introduction: monks and merchants . They were both making use of infrastructure and collaboration for imperial purposes (roads, stops) Made for monks, merchants, missionaries, defense: trade and traders. Strong central authority in both end (china one end and rome in one end) They knew each other existed but only trade knowledge and stories of each other. They knew the other was an advanced civilization. Palmyra connected china to the rest of the empire. Found cotton, silk, in thombs for rich people. A silk was used in chinese in artistic motif in a chinese textile from palmyra. They found an inscription listing the duty of the specific goods on caravan trips. Trade goods: china silk (common) farmers had access to pay taxes through grains and silk. Warm in the winter and cool in summer with a tough string.
