丝绸之路 SILK ROAD 英语演讲.pptxVIP

丝绸之路 SILK ROAD 英语演讲第1页/共18页 CONTENTSINTRODUCTIONCLASSIC SILK ROADHISTORYSIGNIFICANCE第2页/共18页 3INTRODUCTIONThe Silk Road, or Silk Route, is a series of trade and cultural transmission routes that were central to cultural interaction through regions of the Asian continent connecting West and East by linking traders, merchants, pilgrims, monks, soldiers, nomads and urban dwellers from China to the Mediterranean Sea during various periods of time.第3页/共18页 INTRODUCTIONThe Silk Road gets its name from the lucrative Chinese silk trade, a major reason for the connection of trade routes into an extensive transcontinental network. So, some scholars prefer the term Silk Routes because the road included an extensive network of routes.第4页/共18页 CLASSIC SILK ROAD第5页/共18页 CLASSIC SILK ROADNorthern RouteSouth-west RouteOverland routesSouthern RouteChangan/ Luoyang↓Gansu↓Merv(Turkmenistan)Ganges/Brahmaputra Delta ↓Himalayas↓ TibetKarakoram↓Pakistan↓Afghanistan↓Levant →Anatolia /North Africa第6页/共18页 HISTORYPrecursorsHellenistic eraOpening of the Silk RoadRoman EmpireMedievalMongol ageDisintegrationRe-establishmentModern dayChinese exploration of central Aisa第7页/共18页 PrecursorsThe Tarim mummies, mummies of non-Mongoloid, apparently Caucasoid, individuals, have been found in the Tarim Basin, in the area of Loulan located along the Silk Road 200 kilometres (124 miles) east of Yingpan, dating to as early as 1600 BC and suggesting very ancient contacts between East and West.第8页/共18页 Hellenistic eraProbable Greek soldier in the Sampul tapestry, woollen wall hanging, 3rd–2nd century BC.Coin depicting the Greco-Bactrian king Euthydemus (230–200 BC).第9页/共18页 Chinese exploration of Central AsiaWoven silk textile from Tomb No. 1 at Mawangdui, Changsha, Hunan province, China, dated to the Western Han Era, 2nd century BC.A pottery horse head and neck (broken from the body) of the Late Han Dynasty (1st–2nd century AD).第10页/共18页 Roman Empire MedievalA Westerner on a camel, Northern Wei Dynasty