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The Silk Road - a bridge between eastern and western cultures

June 06, 2025 • Jennifer Hotes • Season 5 • Episode 13

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The Silk Road isn't just a unit from middle school history, it's more than a trade route, also. This geographical location is quite possibly the first intersection of Eastern and Western cultures and was instigated by what else? The desire to make money and acquire exotic goods.

The Silk Road, besides being a geographical bridge, changed mysticism, lore, legends, and history forever. I remember learning the basic facts in school and spitting them back out for exams, never thinking deeply on the importance of this span of history. In fact, it was only recently that I considered this swath of land and its impact, even to the present. But first? Some facts.

What to Read/Watch/Listen to NEXT!

The East/West Dichotomy, Wikipedia

China's Trade Route That Changed The World, Learn Chinese Now, YouTube

UNESCO has an interactive Silk Road map

The Silk Roads, smarthistory, The Center for Public Art History

Did you know? The medical knowledge exchange due to the Silk Road, UNESCO

Hogwarts Is Here, online hogwarts lessons, and one on the Silk Road!

Marco Polo series on Netflix

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