The trade on Silk Road that comes with goods from different civilizations creates cultural exchanges. Chinese pilgrims travel to India where the origin of Buddhism lies.
Standing Buddha, Gandhara, 1st century
Trade on Silk Road involved graet civilisations from the East to the West, for example, Egypt, China, Central Asia, Rome, Persia and India.
The Chinese traded goods such as nephrite jade from mines in the region of Yarkand and Khotan to China. Chinese mummies by the Western people which could also be called as Tarim mummies had also be found in the Tarim Basin near the Taklamakan desert. Some remnants of Chinese silk could also be found in Ancienty Egypt from 1070 BC. Unfortunately, its origin could not be inferred as silk degrades very rapidly.
Chinese jade and steatite plaques, in the Scythian-style animal art of the steppes. 4th-3rd century BC. British Museum.
Domesticated animals from Asia were also imported by the ancient people of Sahara between 7500 and 4000 BC. In Egypt, shipping was well established during the 4th Millenium BC. Donkeys and Bactrian camels are domesticated and horses were used for transport, thus making the trip to various areas for trade easier.
Standing Buddha, Gandhara, 1st century
Trade on Silk Road involved graet civilisations from the East to the West, for example, Egypt, China, Central Asia, Rome, Persia and India.
The Chinese traded goods such as nephrite jade from mines in the region of Yarkand and Khotan to China. Chinese mummies by the Western people which could also be called as Tarim mummies had also be found in the Tarim Basin near the Taklamakan desert. Some remnants of Chinese silk could also be found in Ancienty Egypt from 1070 BC. Unfortunately, its origin could not be inferred as silk degrades very rapidly.
Chinese jade and steatite plaques, in the Scythian-style animal art of the steppes. 4th-3rd century BC. British Museum.
Domesticated animals from Asia were also imported by the ancient people of Sahara between 7500 and 4000 BC. In Egypt, shipping was well established during the 4th Millenium BC. Donkeys and Bactrian camels are domesticated and horses were used for transport, thus making the trip to various areas for trade easier.
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