文档介绍：SILKROADProducer:ONTENTSINTRODUCTIONCLASSICSILKROADHISTORYSIGNIFICANCE*INTRODUCTIONTheSilkRoad,orSilkRoute,isaseriesoftradeandculturaltransmissionroutesthatwerecentraltoculturalinteractionthroughregionsoftheAsiancontinentconnectingWestandEastbylinkingtraders,merchants,pilgrims,monks,soldiers,,,somescholarsprefertheterm"SilkRoutes"-westRouteOverlandroutesSouthernRouteChang'an/Luoyang↓Gansu↓Merv(Turkmenistan)Ganges/BrahmaputraDelta↓Himalayas↓TibetKarakoram↓Pakistan↓Afghanistan↓Levant→Anatolia/NorthAfricaHISTORYPrecursorsHellenisticeraOpeningoftheSilkRoadRomanEmpireMedievalMongolageDisintegrationRe-establishmentModerndayChineseexplorationofcentralAisaPrecursorsTheTarimmummies,mummiesofnon-Mongoloid,apparentlyCaucasoid,individuals,havebeenfoundintheTarimBasin,intheareaofLoulanlocatedalongtheSilkRoad200kilometres(124miles)eastofYingpan,,woollenwallhanging,3rd–-BactriankingEuthydemus(230–200BC).,Changsha,Hunanprovince,China,datedtotheWesternHanEra,(brokenfromthebody)oftheLateHanDynasty(1st–2ndcenturyAD).