The Chinese Silk Road

 

The Past, the Present, and the Future of the Silk Road- Mark Nor-ell at TEDxSilkRoad

The above mention documentaries are explaining the importance of the Chinese Silk Road. What are the main provinces and cities that are linked with, the goods that are traded within these provinces, the traditions that are changed over the period of time and also the culture that changes and improved with time?

Mark Novell explains that how the Silk Road came into existence. What are the basic routes of this road? And by changing in time the routes how the means of transferring good altered. He explains the history of Silk, the history of Glass, History of Paper and the history of different religions that propagated within the Chinese Silk Road.

The Following points are noticed during the documentaries regarding Economic and technological growth by the Chinese Silk Road.

ECONOMIC:

  • Ancient Chinese dynasty rulers thought that they could only survive if they had good relations among different countries people.
  • Silk was the famous product that they started trade with different nations.
  • That was the time when Chinese Silk Road came into existence and named because of the trade of silk.
  • As trade of silk started from east to west the goods from west to east also start trading.
  • The traders traveled with their goods from one part to the other on the Silk Road and by that the money also come to the countries.
  • The trade flourished the country economic growth.
  • The army and the warfare also grow because of the pirates, invaders and the traders inside the route.
  • The trade also give birth to the concept of paper making and making records of the things and goods that traveled, sold and bought.
  • The concept of coins and the barter system (Exchanging goods with goods) also a heroic achievement of The Chinese Silk Road.
  • Glass goods and manufactured product was the other most traded thing that traded from west to east through this route.

Technological:

  • With the passage of time, technology rapidly changes and most of the inventions are the technology are due to the Chinese Silk Road.
  • First of all the country started trade on animals like camels and horses but it was a time taking process.
  •  The length of the Chinese Silk Road is about 7500 kilo meters and it was a long route to be covered by the animals.
  • So the inventions are made in the filed of travelling. Faster and faster ways discover to transfer goods.
  •  The religion was the other achievements of this technology that are made based in this Era.
  • Safety was the key factor for the rulers to keep themselves safe from the foreign affairs and the external forces. That’s why Base of the Civil and the architectural engineering started firm the Chinese Silk Road.
  • Record keeping was also the other need that is been developed by this Silk Road.
  • Food is necessary for human survival on Earth so the first crop started to grow on this road to feed the armies and the societies.
  • Use of the fertilizers to increase the production of the crops and better quality of the crops also induced from this Culture.
  •  The use of machinery in the filled of handicrafts which are eye catching is also a key factor of The Chinese Silk.

CONCLUSION:

The Chinese Silk Road is basically the most ancient and most beneficial creature of the mankind. This shows that how good the transformation of technology and economic growth is with the help of this road.