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Kids on the Silk Road: With Daniar, Javed, Poonam, Ravi. "Kids on the Silk Road" is 15 stories about children between the ages of 11 and 14, from 15 countries along the old silk route: India, Kyrgyzstan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Mongolia.
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- 2017-08-20
- Documentary, Family
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- What Is The Silk Road?
- How Did The Silk Road appear?
- The Need For Heavenly Horses
- The Roman Expansion
- How Was The Silk Road Traveled?
- What Was Traded on The Silk Road?
- Marco Polo and The Silk Road
- The Importance of The Silk Road
- Sources
The Silk Road is a network of routes for traders. Because it is more than one, the Silk Roads have been used for more than 1,500 years. The word “trade” also means the exchange of things between different countries. The trade network is called the Silk Road, but some historians call it the Silk Routes instead because it accurately shows how traders...
In the first century CE, silk became a problem. People were importing it from China, and the Romans were wearing it extravagantly. Merchants had to take apart and reuse their silk to make it last longer. This made the silk clothes a very bad quality. The Roman Senate prohibited the use of silk. This law did not last because people wanted silk, and ...
The emperor of Han, Wu, had many wars with the people who lived in the land. These people were Xiongnu nomads, and they made trades grow. Nomad horse riders have been raiding Chinese settlements for many years. Emperor Wu needed new horses for his army so he could beat the nomads. Emperor Wu sent Zhang Qian to find allies in the fight against the X...
The Roman empire was also expanding at this time. They got control of the western Mediterranean Sea after winning the Punic Wars. The Roman empire expanded, and they controlled all of the Mediterranean coasts by a few centuries later. The first century CE is when the Roman Peace started. It lasted for about 200 years and was a time of a few wars. I...
The trader’s camels helped them to carry their goods. Camels are good for traveling on land. Camels are animals that can live in a desert because they have fur and can carry up to 500 pounds at a time. Camels made it possible to trade goods across the desert by carrying them, which made trading on the Silk Road possible. There was no single governm...
More goods were available thanks to the Silk Road. Silk became a popular item because of its soft texture and how shiny it is. So people used silk as money in central Asia. However, the process of making silk was a secret in China. It was only in China that people could make it. This meant that trade goods traveled across Asia. There were many peop...
Marco Polo was a famous traveler from Italy. He went to China when he was 17 years old. Marco Polo and his father traveled for 3 years before getting to Kublai Khan’s palace. Marco stayed at Khan’s court after he came back from Asia. He went on missions to places never visited by Europeans before. When he came back, Marco wrote about his adventures...
The exchange of information along the Silk Road gave rise to new technologies. These technologies changed the world. Some things they brought to China were good. One thing was horses, and one thing was gunpowder. Having good horses helped the Mongolian Empire grow. Chinese gunpowder changed how people fought wars in Europe and beyond. New diseases ...
Apr 24, 2020 · 15 countries along the colorful ancient Silk Road, 15 children (11-14 years old) who give an insight into their lives and challenges. A documentary series for the whole family told from the children’s perspective, delving into rich cultural portraits and addressing universal issues of growing up.
- 3 min
- 286
- Autlook Filmsales
Shannon Harris Castelo unfolds the history of the 5,000-mile Silk Road, a network of multiple routes that used the common language of commerce to connect the world's major settlements, thread...
- 5 min
- 3.6M
- TED-Ed
The Silk Road was a network of trade routes that linked Asia with Europe. Traders and travelers began using the Silk Road more than 2,000 years ago. It remained in use until the late Middle Ages. Today, a small part of the old route is a paved highway between Pakistan and China.
Jun 30, 2024 · The Silk Road was a group of trade routes that went across Asia to the Mediterranean Sea. This let China trade with the Middle East and the Mediterranean world. It was called the Silk Road because silk was traded along it. At the time, silk was only made in China, and it was a valuable material.
Documentary screened at the 20th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, 2-11 March 2018
