第四讲Unit7TheSilkRoad(丝绸之路).pptVIP

* 哈哈哈 哈哈哈 Yuan Dynasty The silk road on the land revived greatly during Yuan Dynasty period when China became largely dependent on its silk trade. Genghis Khan conquered all the small states, unified China and built a large empire under his rule. * THE SILK ROADYuan Dynasty Trade along the Silk Road reached its zenith during this period. The famous traveler Marco Polo traveled along the Silk Road visiting DaDu that is todays Beijing and wrote his famous book about the orient and introduced China to western countries systematically. * THE SILK ROAD As overland trade became increasingly dangerous, and travel by sea became more popular, trade along the Silk Road declined. While the Chinese did maintain a silk-fur trade with the Russians north of the original Silk Route. Declination By the end of the fourteenth century, trade and travel along the road had decreased significantly. Gradually it was replaced by the Silk Road on the sea. * THE SILK ROAD The Silk Road was definitely an important path for cultural, commercial and technological exchange between traders, merchants,pilgrim ,missionaries even soldiers. During more than 2000 years, the road improved the transfer from nomads to urban dwellers across the Asian continent even the countries bordering upon Mediterranean. Influence The Silk Road greatly promoted the exchanges of economy, technology and culture among the Asian, the European and the African.it made the whole world colorful. The Silk road was not one continuous route, but a series of shorter trade routes so the goods could change many time before reaching the final destination. From Luoyang , the silk road led west along the Gobi Desert to Dunhuang in Northwestern China. Travelers rode a Camel on the eastern silk road. From Dunhuang travelers choose either a northern or southern route across the Takliman desert to Kashgar. Travelers faced many problems such as bandits often attacking, sandstorms, and lack of water. The Eastern Silk Road Silk was