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G6: Silk Road: Trade

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PBS Video: Silk Road and Trade
Eight Goods Traded
Looks at horses, spices, silk, paper, fur, slaves, glassware and jade

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Ivory

Jade

Links
Infographic

Silk

Silk in Antiquity
Legend of Silk
Connecting Cultures
looks at Silk production and trade
Silk Trade in Venice

THe Silk Road
Article from History Today about the trade in silk.

A good discussion of how Silk was made and traded.

Horses

Trading Silk for Horses: Origins of the Sillk Road
Empire of the Horse
Mongolian Empire, horses and the Silk Road
Horses and Camels

Perfume

The Story of Perfume
Looks at how and why perfume was used, and how it was made.
History of Perfume
History of Perfume 2
Ancient Perfume Route

Porcelain

Blown Glass Along the Silk Road
Silk Road: Glass Trade
Porcelain
Porcelain on the Silk Road
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Great interactive exhibit
Development of Ceramics
Exhibition from the Metropolitan Museum

Spices

Spices Along the Silk Road
The Spice Routes
How and why spices were traded
History of the Spice Trade
Britannica: Spice Trade

Paper

Gunpowder