China was consistently growing but struggled to expand and maintaining their lands and goods due to raids and invasions of Mongols from the north. The Mongols had horses and could attack cities before the Chinese military arrived. The Chinese valued strong horses and they were hard to breed within China so that was one of the reasons that China began to trade with others to the west. This included Mongols which would …show more content…
The middle east was a Hellenistic culture because of the Romans and the Greeks. They had Roman baths and architecture and this was in conflict when many Silk Road cities brought in new cultures and religion. This was especially the case when Buddhism spread to China it was popular throughout all eastern Asia. Many cities in Eurasia have art pieces of Hellenistic style Buddha statues and paintings.
The Mongols especially in the 13th century destroyed almost all the facilities along the trade routes and built a vast empire that covered up most of central and northern Asia and parts of eastern Europe. They had a strong grasp on the Silk Road and would bully and raid caravans that traveled the Silk Road. What the Mongols were known for was helping caravans navigate and stay protected for a fee when traveling through the Karakorum Pass on the western Himalayas. However, the Mongols are known for their ruthless leader Genghis Khan who attacked Silk Road cities for all of their wealth.
This book provided very detailedly and in-depth information on all different aspects of the Silk Road. Including information about Culture, economics, war, religion, and all other subjects and talked about events in history that helped shape the Silk Road to how we know it