丝绸之路-公开课件（精选）.pptVIP

* * The Skil Road 组员：凌思菁，刘畅，牟玲丽，覃琴 1.Introduce 2.Routes 3.Influence 1.Introduce The ancient Silk Road in northwest China has a history of more than two thousand years. Originally, the Chinese traded silk internally within the empire. Caravans(商队) from the empire‘s interior would carry silk to the western edges of the region. They were often attacked by the small Central Asian tribes（部落） who wanted to capture the traders’ valuable commodities（商品）. In order to protect these caravans and assure the safety of the trade, the Han Government dispatched（派遣） General ZhangQian as an envoy（使节） to build good relationships with these tribes. (164BC~114BC) An explorer（探险家）, traveler and Diplomat（外交官） in Han dynasty. Starting from Chang’an, today‘s Xi’an, which was the capital of the Western Han Dynasty, Zhang led his team across the vast Western Regions and reached Loulan（楼兰）, Guizi（龟兹） and Yutian（于阗） states and established trade relations with these small kingdoms. Zhang’s officers went even further into the central Asia. All of the kingdoms that Zhang and his team had visited sent their envoys to visit Chang’an (today’s Xi’an) to express their appreciation for the new relationship and show their respect to the Han Government. From then on, merchants （商人）could travel on the silk route safely, and they began to explore this new route in order to carry silk from China to other parts of the world. 2.Routes Generally speaking , there were two major routes: one was overland, the other was across the Indian Ocean. The sea route of “Silk Road” normally starts from Guangxi or else port towns on the southeastern coast of China. A fleet extends its voyage through the sea of Japan, the Yellow Sea, South China Sea, the Bay of Bengal（孟加拉湾）, around the Malay Peninsula（马来半岛）, off the coast of Burma（缅甸）, and came to Southeast Asia and the India Peninsula. Then, it continues along a route across the Indian Ocean, the Arab Sea, the Persian Gulf(波斯湾), the Red sea and finally arrives at