With modern technology, a global exchange of goods and ideas can happen at the click of a button. But what about 2,000 years ago? Shannon Harris Castelo unfolds the history of the 5,000-mile Silk Road, a network of multiple routes that...

The Silk Road was a vital trading route connecting East and West -- but it also became a conduit for one of history's deadliest pandemics. The Silk Road, a network of land and sea trade routes that connected China and the Far East with...

A WebQuest that explores the Silk Road and its history.

A comprehensive learning module on the Silk Road that includes three supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and source materials, followed by a summative performance task. Topics covered include what the Silk Road was, why...

Extensive information about the oldest known trade route of the Islamic World with China.

Explore the Silk Road, which was not a road or highway, but a network of tails and trading posts scattered across Central Europe. This exhibition spans the period 206 B.C.E. - 220 C.E. The theme Monks and Merchants tells the story of the...

Take a journey with the author as they cross ancient paths to find silk.

History Questions: The Silk Road Quiz, Test, and WebQuest

Kids learn about the Silk Road trade route from Ancient China to Europe. Explore how goods such as silk, porcelain, and salt made China rich.

This site contains a timeline of the silk road. Links are provided for the more important events that occurred.

The primary goal of this exhibit is to employ the Internet in an innovative way to enable the interested public anywhere in the world to experience the art of the Silk Road, and to promote such future collaborations across the boundaries...

The Silk Road creates music that engages difference, sparking radical cultural collaboration and passion-driven learning to build a more hopeful world. It presents concerts around the world.

Two thousand years before today's "global economy," an exchange network linked the continent of Asia via the Silk Route. Between the first and eighth centuries of the common era, the empires and states of Asia often came into conflict as...

Provides a comprehensive overview of the remarkable developments of the Tang Dynasty. Includes numerous images.

The actions of nomadic and barbarian invaders have affected the histories of most Eurasian countries. This text article examines these tribes, including the Mongols, and their way of life as well as their influences over other countires.

PBS explores the world of India with an in-depth look into the Kushan Empire. Identifies the origins of the empire, the location of the empire, and the connection to the Silk Road. Describes the importance of art and literature to the...

An article discussing the first silk road that connected cultures of the Chinese, Indian, Kushan, Iranian, steppe-nomadic, and Mediterranean.

Twenty-three curriculum units consististing of a lesson plan, written and visual documents, maps, tables, and even a Silk Roads board game. Covers the second century BCE through the contemporary period in Central Asia.

This site provides a description of how and when gunpowder was discovered and used for military purposes. Also includes information on the invention of machinery, like cannons or guns, to make use of gunpowder.

Examination of the roots of paper currency.

This site provides detailed information on the Chinese invention of block printing. Includes an image of the carved wood that was used in early Chinese printing.

Describes the achievements of the Mongol Empire and of the Chinese, the importance of the Silk Road in transmitting ideas and inventions, the Mongols' two attempts to conquer Japan, the sacking of Baghdad, and how the Black Plague...

This sample task contains a set of primary and authentic sources about the impact of geography on the development of civilization in Ancient Egypt.

This unit chronicles the paths taken by various explorers for delivery of commodities and religion which led to the migration of people and an onslaught of disease. Particular attention is paid to The Silk Road, The Turquoise Road, and...