Silk Road, Central Asia, Kazakhstan

• Silk Road


  Trade route that originated in China during the Han Dynasty, named after the trade of silk
• Goods traded on the Silk Road

  • Silk
  • Horses
  • Camels
  • Precious stones
  • Carpets
  • Gold
  • Silver
  • Saffron
• Central Asia's role in the Silk Road

  • Fostered exchanges of trade, political influence, language, religion, and culture among diverse origins
• Impact of the Silk Road

  • Spread culture through various regions, diffusing food, music, language, architecture styles, religion, fashion, and exotic goods
  • Allowed the sharing of cultural, religious, information, and technology
  • Exchange of culture, ideas, and technology enriched the region, creating a diverse mix of people and concepts
• Central Asian culture


  • Influenced by neighboring civilizations such as Iranian and Turkic before Islam
  • Impacted by various religions like Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, and Judaism
• Central Asia


  Comprises Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, stretching from the Caspian Sea to China and Mongolia, with Afghanistan to the south and Russia to the north

  
• Languages in Central Asia


  People mainly spoke Persian languages
• Central Asia geography


  • Consists of desert, mountains, grasslands
  • Climate is semi-arid with hot dry summers, northern area has cold winters, south has warm winters, dry area, water scarcity
• River systems in Central Asia

  Amu Darya, Syr Darya, Irtysh Darya, Hari Darya and Murghab Darya
• Stan


  Land (Persian language)
• Kazakhstan


  • Most profitable resource is oil and gas, producing about 700,000
  • Landlocked democratic country
• Central Asia is bordered by Russia to the north, Iran to the south, China and Mongolia to the east, and the Caspian Sea to the west

  
• The region's history is deeply connected to its strategic location, as the Silk Road was a major trade route that traversed from Eastern Asia to Central Asia, the Middle East, East Africa, and Western Europe