The Silk Road

Aug 18, 2023

Discover the historical significance of the Silk Road and the cultural exchanges it facilitated. Learn about the different routes and branches of the Silk Road, as well as the conditions and strategies used by traders. Explore the spread of religions and ideas, the role of port cities, and the decline of the Silk Road. Understand the Ottoman's control and its impact on trade and exploration, as well as the influence of the Silk Road on technology, religion, and culture.

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Introduction

00:00 • 5min

The Routes of the Silk Road

04:37 • 2min

Conditions, Trade, and Influence along the Silk Road

06:57 • 5min

The Ottoman Control and the Impact of the Silk Road on Trade and Exploration

11:31 • 2min

Despite having very different cultures and being separated by thousands of kilometers, Asia and Europe have been connected for thousands of years.

Through a series of overland and sea trade routes, goods, ideas, and people were able to move from east to west and vice versa.

These routes were responsible for some of history’s greatest cultural exchanges as well as some of its greatest disasters.

Learn more about the Silk Road and how it shaped history on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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