The “Old” Silk Road
HIS246: The Silk Road in History and the 21st Century
The historical Silk Road extended over 4,000 miles across land and sea, connecting China, India, Central Asia, Persia, and Rome. The ongoing “One Belt, One Road” initiative, unveiled in 2013, is part of Beijing’s ambitious plan to girdle the globe. In this class we juxtapose the past and present routes of the Silk Road, and muse over the familiar travelogues of “made-in-China” goods. Then we take one step further, using ArcGIS to translate our book knowledge into creative digital maps.
Spread of Sugarcane Before the New World
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M059 Creator: Yixuan Gao ’19 Financial Economics
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Tiraz Trade Routes Between the 9th and 10th Century
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M058 Creator: Lamine Male ’21 Computer Science
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The Spread of Buddhism Along the Silk Road
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M057 Creator: Hugo Christensen ’20 History
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The Spread of Religion through the Silk Road in Chinese Tang Dynasty (7th – 9th Century)
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M055 Creator: Yixin Cao ’19 Financial Economics
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Silk Road Glass Trade from 500 – 1500 AD
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M054 Creator: Raymond Yu ’19 Optics
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Wine and Wine Making on the Silk Road
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M053 Creator: Yulin Han ’19 International Relations
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Migration of Indian Indentured Laborers in the British Empire 1832 – 1917
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M052 Creator: Hunter Phinney ’19 Mechanical Engineering
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Clove Trade Route from 11th Century to 16th Century
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M051 Creator: Seonjin Park ’19 Psychology
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The Asiatic Cholera Pandemics (1817 – 1823 and 1827 – 1835)
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M050 Creator: Helen Xu ’19 Health, Behavior, and Society
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Transportation of Clocks from Europe to Eastern China via Matteo Ricci
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M049 Creator: Bethany Tallis ’20 Environmental Studies
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Wool Trade: 4000 BCE – 1900 CE
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M048 Creator: Ian Brodka ’19 Chemical Engineering
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Mongol Empire and Spread of Gunpowder
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M047 Creator: Yue Liu ’21 Data Science
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Exchange of Gunpowder Technology, 904 – 1548
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M046 Creator: Charles Gould ’21 History & Environmental Science
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Horse Trade on the Silk Road: Early Beginnings (128 BCE – 100 AD)
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M045 Creator: Maggie Meiqi Liu ’19 Political Science
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Paper Trail on the Silk Road (7th – 9th C.)
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M044 Creator: Lindsey Medalla ’19 Mechanical Engineering
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Blue and White Porcelain During 1368 – 1644
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M043 Creator: Zirui Li
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