Silk Road Smart Board

WELCOME TO Silk Roads: the Virtual Tour! Objectives: Trace the routes taken by travelers on the Silk Roads Describe the ideas and goods traded on the routes

Chang’an locations

Chang’an gates

Chang’an silk market

Nan Shan

Nan Shan

Dunhuang landscape

Dunhuang landscape

Dunhuang oasis

35-meter Buddha

Buddhas in Xumishan grottoes

Gobi Desert

Gobi Desert

Gobi Desert (dunes)

Taklamakan Desert

Taklamakan Desert

Kunlun Mountains

Kunlun Mountains

Kashgar in winter

Kashgar market

Camel in Kashgar

Tian Shan

Pamir Mountains

Pamir Mountains

Ferghana valley

Samarkand mosque

Samarkand mosque

Samarkand

Merv landscape

Merv landscape

Merv today

Traveling to Baghdad

Baghdad

Antioch

Antioch

ancient Mediterranean ship

Roman ship

Roman trade ship

Casaerea, a Roman port

Ostia, a Roman port

Rome

Traveling to Goa

Goa

Goa

Ticket out of class • On your index card, answer the following question: –In what ways did the Silk Roads help ideas, goods and people spread?