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The Ancient Silk Road Slide 2 The Great Wall of China Slide 3 Beijing Slide 4 Camel caravans beginning in Beijing Slide 5 The Caravan leaves from the Gates of Old Beijing Slide 6 A young explorer today. Slide 7 Leaving the Ming Great Wall Slide 8 Following along the banks of the Yellow River Slide 9 Terraced fields along the Yellow River Slide 10 Passing the walls of a northern village Slide 11 Farmers plowing the field with an oxen Slide 12 The walled city of Xian near the ancient capitol of Changan Slide 13 The Wild Goose Pagoda which was built to house the sutras brought by Xuanzang Slide 14 A Tibetan pecha (sacred book) containing sutras Slide 15 Buddhism was brought along the Silk Road Slide 16 The Buddhist church grew powerful during the Tang but was later suppressed. Slide 17 The Clean and Pure Religion, Islam, also came along the Silk Road Slide 18 Both Judaism and Islam came along the Silk Road and were called the same name because of their dietary proscriptions Slide 19 A mosque in Xian Slide 20 The clocks mark the hours for prayer Slide 21 Nestorian Christianity also came along the Silk Road Slide 22 Cultural and artistic exchanges occurred. Slide 23 Ideas weigh nothing, but what other objects came along the road. Was weight an issue? Slide 24 China invented porcelain which was highly valued, but heavy and fragile Slide 25 Silk robe with gold threads Slide 26 Slide 27 Tang dynasty ladies. Slide 28 Silk worms Slide 29 Slide 30 Slide 31 Slide 32 Boiling the silk worm cocoons Slide 33 Slide 34 Tea was also grown in China and traded along the Silk Road Slide 35 Mongols Slide 36 Slide 37 Slide 38 Even women played polo during the Tang period. Slide 39 Tibetans ruled areas of China along the Silk Road Slide 40 The Jade Gate Slide 41 Dunhuang Slide 42 Slide 43 Merchants were depicted in murals at Dunhuang Slide 44 Abandoned cities along the Silk Road. Why? Slide 45 Uighur mother and child under grape arbor. Slide 46 Rock sugar in the market in Kashgar. Slide 47 Slide 48 Nan bread in the ovens in Kashgar. Slide 49 Uighur women were known for their beauty. Slide 50 Uighur house. Slide 51 Mosque Slide 52 Uighur family sitting on a kang (heated bed) Slide 53 Tomb of Uighur princess. Slide 54 Minaret for the call to prayer. Slide 55 White jade was an important trade item. Slide 56 A bazaar. Slide 57 Samarkand, the city of blue tiles. Slide 58 Slide 59 Music and dance travelled along the Silk Road. Slide 60 Slide 61 Silk was rewoven in Central Asian tribal patterns. Slide 62 Slide 63 Exchange was two way. A Persian mythological being depicted in porcelain. Slide 64 Even the lion image and lion dance were brought from Persia. Slide 65 Cultures can cooperate in exchange or fight. The Silk Road disappeared Slide 66 As only a memory.