HAN: THE SILK ROAD

OH, WHAT RICHES MAY COME!

(If you make it, that is!)

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Describe the Silk Road.

A series of trade routes that connect China and Europe

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Who were themiddlemen?

Middlemen wereagents who wentbetween thebuyers and seller.This keptChina’s advancesa secret from therest of the world.

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READ ABOUT IT!• Use the handout titled

“The Silk Route” to find out all about it!

• Circle the goods, besides silk, that merchants from China took with them.

• Highlight/underline in one color any thing that was traded in the cities of Dunhuang, Kashgar, Tashkent, Herat, and Baghdad

• Use another color to highlight/underline any dangers one might come across on the Silk Road

• Answer questions 3, 4, and 5 on the handout!

ILLUSTRATE IT!• Now it is up to you

and your group to create a Silk Route board game! Your starting point should be Chang’an and your ending point should be Byzantium.

• Include spots along the board where you can pick up new items and be sure to specify where you are and what you can get!

• Don’t forget the pitfalls!

• Include spots along the board that cause problems for anyone traveling the Silk Route. You may want to send the player back spaces or have them start over!

• Be creative! Excellent board games will be used for future classes! :)

NOW, Play your game! Make sure all the kinks are worked out.

Finally, add a “rule sheet” and submit your board game for judging!

I will be grading your group on cooperation! I will also be grading on coverage of the stops along the Silk

Route, the materials traded, the dangers faced, and CREATIVITY (this includes neatness). Refer to the rubric.

Have fun! :)

Distinguished Proficient Basic Below BasicGoods The game includes

all objects thatcould be tradedalong the SilkRoute.

The game includesmany objects thatcould be tradedalong the SilkRoute.

The game includessome objects thatcould be tradedalong the SilkRoute.

The game includesfew to no objectsthat could betraded along theSilk Route.

Dangers The game includesall possible pitfallsthat one couldencounter on theSilk Route.

The game includesmany possiblepitfalls that onecould encounter onthe Silk Route.

The game includessome possiblepitfalls that onecould encounter onthe Silk Route.

The game includesfew to no pitfallsthat one couldencounter on theSilk Route.

Cooperation The group wasextremelycooperative duringthe project. Eachmembercontributedequally. Theynever needed re-direction.

The group wascooperative duringthe project. Mostmemberscontributedequally. Theyrarely needed re-direction.

The group wasmostly cooperativeduring the project,though somemembers did morework than others.They sometimesneeded re-direction.

The group was notvery cooperativeduring the project.The work load wasvery uneven. Theyoften needed re-direction.

Creativity The game is neat,colorful, andcreative! It usesmany materials,including detailedinstructions!

The game is neatand colorful anduses a goodamount ofmaterials,includinginstructions!

The game is mostlyneat. It maycontain color. Ituses somematerials.Instructions areincluded, but arenot clear or arevery minimal.

The game is notvery neat. It maynot contain color.It uses fewmaterials.Instructions areeither not includedor not clear andvery minimal.

Goods traded on the Silk Road• Porcelain• Dried Rhubarb• Tea• Herbal Medicines• Fruits like dried dates & raisins• Jade• Persian metal work• Glass• Musical Instruments• African Ivory• Gold• Spices• Printed cloth from India• Pearls from the Persian Gulf• Precious Stones from Ceylon

Other than goods, what else was traded on the Silk Road?

• Ideas & technologies such as – GLASS-MAKING– PAPER-MAKING– RELIGION (Islam,

Christianity, & Buddhism!)

Respect for Learning

• Rulers encouraged Confucianism

• To be in the civil service, you needed to pass an exam based on Confucian ideas

• Scholarship flourished during the Han dynasty

– Poets created expressive poetry

– A dictionary was made

– A comprehensive history of China was written

Sima Qian

• A scholar who spent his life writing HISTORICAL RECORDS- a history of China from mythical times to the reign of Wudi

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Advances: ACUPUNCTURE

• The practice of inserting thin needles into specific body points

• It originated in China more than 2,000 years ago. • Research has shown that acupuncture reduces nausea

and vomiting after surgery and chemotherapy. It can also relieve pain. Researchers don't fully understand how acupuncture works. It might aid the activity of your body's pain-killing chemicals. It also might affect how you release chemicals that regulate blood pressure and flow.

(National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine)

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3. Achievements under the Han Dynasty in medicine

3.

• Acupuncture

• Herbal remedies

• Discovery of the Circulatory System•

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3. Achievements under the Han Dynasty in technology

3.

• Iron- tipped bamboo poles for drilling

• Paper

•Iron Plow

•Rudder

•Seismoscope (to register earthquakes)

•Compass

•Wheelbarrow

•

Iron plow

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3. Achievements under the Han Dynasty in the arts

3.

• Expressive poetry

• The first dictionary

• Historical Records, by Sima Qian

• Jade carving

Jade dragon

SUMMARY: Han Advancements• During the Han, China became the Most Advanced civilization in the world!

• Advances:

– Acupuncture -Herbal Remedies

– Circulatory System -Paper (from wood)

– Silk weaving -Bronze working

– Architecture -Poetry & History

– Jade Carving -Iron Plow

– Rudder -Seismoscope (detecting

– Compass earthquakes)

– Wheelbarrow

What did the Chinese write on before they invented paper?

• Wooden scrolls and bone, then silk