THESILKROADIntroductionTheSilkRoadreferstotheancienttraderouteconnectingAsiaContinentandEuropeanContinent,usuallyitcanbeclassifiedintoNorthernSilkRoadontheland,SouthernSilkRoadonthelandandtheSilkRoadonthesea.IntroductionTheNorthernSilkRoadonthelandusuallyreferstotheroutesstartfromChang’an(nowXi’an),travellingwesttoWuwei,passingthoughHexiCorridortoDunhuangandgowesttoEurope.IntroductionTheSouthernSilkRoadonthelandusuallyreferstotheroutestartsfromSichuanProvinceandgosouthtoIndiaandBurma.thisroadhasalsoplayedagreatroleinthewarbetweenChinaandJapan.IntroductionTheSilkRoadontheseamainlystartedfromGuangzhou,Quanzhou,Dengzhou,Yangzhou,Mingzhouports,itcangoeasttoCorea,Japan,SouthtoEast-southerncountriesandwesttoEuropeandAfrica.TheNorthernSilkRoadonthelandisthemostfamous,andWeknowitverywell.BeginningIt’sveryhardtosayexactlywhentheSilkRoadstarted.manyincoherentsmallscaletraderouteshaveexistedlonglongago,theycanbeconsideredastheearliestSilkRoadbeginningform.HanDynastyTheSilkRoadformallystartedafterZhangQian’svisitingasanenvoytoWesternRegioninWesternHanDynasty.Hewenttheretwiceseparatellyin138B.Cand119B.C,HeplaysanimportantroleinexploringtheSilkRoad.HanDynastyAfterZhangQian,BanChaotookonamissiontotheWesternRegion,smoothingtheSilkRoadthathadbeenblockedbyexternalwars.HisassistantGanYingreachedDaqin(ancientRome)andevenwenttoPersianGulf,deepenedtheSilkRoad.TangDynastyTheTangDynastygovernmentpaidmoreattentiontotheSilkRoad.UnliketheSilkRoadinHanDynasty,TangDynastyhadcontroloversomeareasofWesternRegionandCentralAsiaalongtheroad,establishingeffectiveandsturdyorders,whichclearedobstaclesforChinesebusinessmen.TangDynastyAfterAnShiRebellioninTangDynasty,theempirefelldown.theTangGovernmenthadlostcontroloftheWesternRegionandthetradeontheSilkRoadwashalted.YuanDynastyThesilkroadonthelandrevivedgreatlyduringYuanDynastyperiod.GenghisKhanconqueredallthesmallstates,unifiedChinaandbuiltalargeempireunderhisrule.YuanDynastyTradealongtheSilkRoadreacheditszenithduringthisperiod.ThefamoustravelerMarcoPolotraveledalongtheSilkRoadvisitingDaDuthatistoday’sBeijingandwrotehisfamousbook《TheTravelsofMarcoPolo》,whichintroducedChinatowesterncountriessystematically.DeclinationAsoverlandtradebecameincreasinglydangerous,andtravelbyseabecamemorepopular,thetradealongtheSilkRoadonthelanddeclined.graduallyitwasreplacedbytheSilkRoadonthesea.InfluenceTheSilkRoadgreatlypromotedtheexchangesofeconomy,technologyandcultureamongtheAsian,theEuropeanandtheAfrican.itmadethewholeworldcolorful.Thanksforyourattention