trade and exchange in the ancient world
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Trade and Exchange in the Ancient World. Asian Art Museum. What do these pictures have in common?. Photo: Natalie Maynor, Flickr Creative Commons. Plot your map. Will you travel by land or sea?. What do you think are the pros and cons of land travel?. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Trade and Exchange in the Ancient World
Asian Art Museum
What do these pictures have in common?
Photo: Natalie Maynor, Flickr Creative Commons
Plot your map. Will you travel by land or sea?
What do you think are the pros and cons of land travel?
Yanguan Pass Into the Desert. Photo by Douglas Tilden, 2005 and Tian Shan Mountains.
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What do you think are the pros and cons of sea travel?
Reconstruction of the Jewel of Muscat. Concretion of ceramics from the Hoi An shipwreck, approx. 1450-1490. Oceanic sediment, pottery, stone, antler, and shell. Northern Vietnam. Asian Art Museum, Acquisition made possible by Betty and Bruce Alberts, Will and June Arney Roadman, Annie and Cameron Dorsey, Jean and Lindsay MacDermid, Rhoda Stuart Mesker, and Ann Witter , 2000.31.
SILK ROAD MAP 300 BCE-100 CE
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1. Draw in and label the following mountain ranges and deserts. 2. Then, map your route from Xi’an to Antioch.
Mountain Ranges– Himalayas– Caucasus– Alborz– Zagros– Tian Shan
Deserts– Taklamakan– Tacht-e-Kavir– Tacht-e-Lut