Work Cited:

Primary:
"MAPS & ATLAS - SILK ROAD TRADE ROUTES MAP." MAPS
& ATLAS - SILK ROAD TRADE ROUTES MAP. N.p., n.d. Web.
04 Nov. 2015.
This photo is a primary source because it is a photo of a
map. This photo helps me because I shows me what was
traded on the silk road and how long the silk road actually
is.
"East Asian History Sourcebook: Chinese Accounts of
Rome, Byzantium and the Middle East, C. 91 B.C.E. - 1643
C.E." East Asian History Sourcebook: Chinese Accounts of
Rome, Byzantium and the Middle East, C. 91 B.C.E. N.p.,
n.d. Web. 04 Nov. 2015.
This text helps me understand the people who traveled

on the silk road and what their intentions were.

Roman historian, Cassius Dio, 164 - 224 C.E., commented
on a celebration the Roman emperor, Julius Caesar,
staged in his own honor around 50 B.C.E.
This document helped me because it shows Julius
Caesar's view on the silk road.
Sima Qian, The Records of the Grand Historian, about
Zhang Qian, a diplomat who traveled to the court of the
Yuezhi for the Han Emperor Wudi, 1 century B.C.E.
st

This document helps me because it shows a trial that

went on while the silk road was still being used.
Faxian, A Chinese Buddhist Monk's Travels in India and
Ceylon, 399 - 411 C.E.
This document helps me see the reaction of someone
actually traveling on the silk road.

Friar John of Montecorvino, Letter to the West, one of two

letters written to his fellow Franciscans around 1295. John
was sent by Pope Nicholas IV to try to make an alliance
with the Mongols against the Mamluk rulers of Egypt.
This document helped me me understand the silk road
by using imagery to describe the experience.
Secondary:
"Silk Road." Ancient History Encyclopedia. N.p., n.d. Web.
04 Nov. 2015.
This article helped me understand the meaning of the silk
road and its purpose.
"Great Silk Road." The History. N.p., n.d. Web. 04 Nov.
2015.
This document helped me understand the importance of
the silk road.
Marco Polo, The Travels of Marco Polo, a Venetian

merchant who may have worked for the Yuan dynasty,

the Mongol rulers of China, late 13 century.
th

This excerpt is a description of Hangzhou, a southern city

that was part of the Yuan empire. This document helps
me because it shows other cultures that influenced the
silk road.
Anonymous assistant to a Chinese merchant, A Record of
Musings On the Eastern Capital, about Hangzhou, capital
of the Southern Sung Dynasty, 1235.
This document portrays the importance of the silk road to
merchants because they can sell their products.
"The New Silk Roads." (1992): n. pag. Web.
This document taught me a lot of important information
about the silk road.
"Silk Road - Introduction." Silk Road - Introduction. N.p.,

n.d. Web. 04 Nov. 2015.

This document helped me by giving me an introduction to
the silk road.
"Items and Products of Trade." Items & Products of Trade.
N.p., n.d. Web. 08 Dec. 2015.
" SILK ROAD Dialogue, Diversity & Development." About
the Silk Road. N.p., n.d. Web. 08 Dec. 2015.