Bridging World History
Season 1 • Episode 9: Connections Across Land • Watch with subtitles
Episode 9: Connections Across Land
February 27, 2004 • 28 min
How were land-based trade routes conduits of both commerce and culture? The Eurasian Silk Roads, the trans-Saharan Gold Roads, and the Meso-American Turquoise Road trace the transmission of commodities, religions, and diseases, as well as the movements of people.
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