丝绸之路SILKROAD英语演讲课件

SILKROADProducer:GAOLCCONTENTSINTRODUCTIONCLASSICSILKROADHISTORYSIGNIFICANCEINTRODUCTIONTheSilkRoad,orSilkRoute,isaseriesoftradeandculturaltransmissionroutesthatwerecentraltoculturalinteractionthroughregionsoftheAsiancontinentconnectingWestandEastbylinkingtraders,merchants,pilgrims,monks,soldiers,nomadsandurbandwellersfromChinatotheMediterraneanSeaduringvariousperiodsoftime.3INTRODUCTIONTheSilkRoadgetsitsnamefromthelucrativeChinesesilktrade,amajorreasonfortheconnectionoftraderoutesintoanextensivetranscontinentalnetwork.So,somescholarsprefertheterm"SilkRoutes"becausetheroadincludedanextensivenetworkofroutes.CLASSICSILKROADCLASSICSILKROADNorthernRouteSouth-westRouteOverlandroutesSouthernRouteChang'an/Luoyang↓Gansu↓Merv(Turkmenistan)Ganges/BrahmaputraDelta↓Himalayas↓TibetKarakoram↓Pakistan↓Afghanistan↓Levant→Anatolia/NorthAfricaHISTORYPrecursorsHellenisticeraOpeningoftheSilkRoadRoman

EmpireMedievalMongolageDisintegrationRe-establishmentModerndayChineseexplorationofcentralAisa

PrecursorsTheTarimmummies,mummiesofnon-Mongoloid,apparentlyCaucasoid,individuals,havebeenfoundintheTarimBasin,intheareaofLoulanlocatedalongtheSilkRoad200kilometres(124miles)eastofYingpan,datingtoasearlyas1600BCandsuggestingveryancientcontactsbetweenEastandWest.HellenisticeraProbableGreeksoldierintheSampultapestry,woollenwallhanging,3rd–2ndcenturyBC.CoindepictingtheGreco-BactriankingEuthydemus(230–200BC).ChineseexplorationofCentralAsiaWovensilktextilefromTombNo.1atMawangdui,Changsha,Hunanprovince,China,datedtotheWesternHanEra,2ndcenturyBC.Apotteryhorseheadandneck(brokenfromthebody)oftheLateHanDynasty(1st–2ndcenturyAD).RomanEmpire&MedievalAWesterneronacamel,NorthernWeiDynasty(386–534).Asancaistatueofaforeignerwithawineskin,TangDynasty(618–907).MongolageMapofMarcoPolo'stravelsin1271–1295.TheMongolEmpireanditssphereofinfluence.SIGNIFICANCETransmissionofartTransmissionofBuddhismCulturalexchangesRe-establishmentItalianpotteryofthemid-15thcenturywasheavilyinfluencedbyChineseceramics.ASancai("Threecolors")plate(left),andaMing-typeblue-whitevase(right),madeinNorthernItaly.IconographicalevolutionoftheWindGod.Left:GreekWindGodfromHadda,2ndcentury.Middle:WindGodfromKizil,TarimBasin,7thcentury.

Right:JapaneseWindGodFujin,17thcentury.TRANSMISSIONOFARTTRANSMISSIONOFBUDDHISMAtisaofBengaltravelledtoTibetandSumatra,pioneeri