How did The Silk Road Actually Work?

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  @Knowledgia · 3 years ago · pinned

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  @googane7755 · 4 years ago

  The technology and ideas that travelled along the silk road alone shaped history as we know it. The impact of the silk road is incredibly underrated.

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  @napolien1310 · 4 years ago

  If I remember correctly the Ottomans didn&apos;t shut the silk road to Europe but they demanded more money for it and only the Venetians can trade with them thus allowing venice a monopoly on trades to Europe which in return angered the Europeans which allowed their travels to find new roads

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  @Can_BCE · 4 years ago

  The two agents sent by the Justinian to steal silk production secrets/materials in China is such a good movie idea.

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  @albertustheodiscus · 4 years ago

  The fact that you had the 2 monks clothes change as they went between east and west is a great attention to detail. I really appreciated that little bit.

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  @sourav894 · 4 years ago

  Marco Polo was not the only travelled person. He writes in his memoir about meeting a next-village friend in China. He writes about many other such travellers from all over the world. Marco Polo&apos;s name remains because he recorded his travels.

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  @YY-kn9qk · 4 years ago

  It saddens me to think how many war-torn cities were once bustling trading hubs along the Silk Road.

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  @nenenindonu · 4 years ago (edited)

  Ottomans didnt just completely shut down the Silk Road rather they demanded enormous taxes that led to its decease, eventually triggering the age of European expansion

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  @serkandggan · 4 years ago (edited)

  Before the conquest of Constantinople, trade to Europe through Silkroad was mainly done by Genoese and Venetian traders. After the conquest, Ottomans dispelled Genoese traders from their ports and banned them from trading goods as well, because of the help Genoese provided to Byzantium in the siege (they had sent their fleet to blockade the golden horn, if I&apos;m not mistaken). To damage Geneose in Mediterranean even more, Ottomans gave Venetian traders -competitors of Genoese - privileges in trading. Any other foreign trader had to pay much more taxes contary to their Venetian counterparts. That said, trading goods from Venetians was almost much more cheaper than paying taxes to Ottomans. The first capitulation in Ottomans&apos; history, later they gave such and more privileges to French in Suleiman&apos;s reign.

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  @Sejara1528 · 4 years ago (edited)

  How did silk road work?<br>Chinese trader: <b>sell items to Turkic trader</b><br>Turkic trader: <b>sell items to Persian trader</b><br>Persian trader: <b>sell items to Levantine trader</b><br>Levantine trader: <b>sell items to Greek trader</b><br><br><br>And that&apos;s how terracotta was made.

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  @DiscJokeyDarkSigns · 4 years ago

  What I&apos;ve learned with these series is that humanity truly thrives when there is open trade and times of peace. Why can&apos;t we just all get along?

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  @TomsodM · 7 months ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-pfeFbssMw&amp;t=335">5:35</a> Eastern traders: we sell silk, gunpowder, porcelain, spices...<br>Western merchants: we sell livestock and livestock accessories

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