2. Mostly Ancient China’s culture is connected with the Silk road. Culture is their beliefs, mythology, literature, clothes, rhythm of life etc. With the help of the Silk road Chinese people enriched their culture. The Silk road needed a lot of silk and other things to make a trade. Chinese people have a lot of myths about silk. It was the main issue to make clothes. So they made clothes in their own country. The silk road continued from China to Europe. They selected different values of the countries and spread in their own culture

3. The Silk road’s map This map indicates trading routes used around the 1st century CE centered on the Silk Road. The routes remain largely valid for the period 500 BCE to 500 CE.

4. Art, religion, philosophy, technology, language,science, architecture, and every other element of civilization was exchanged through the Silk Road The Silk road influenced the end of spreading of Buddhism in Ancient China Due to the Silk Road the silk spread around the world Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism became three main religions in China The impact of the Silk road

5. Chinese people valued silk. They have a lot of myths based on the silk. It is a part of their culture that is belong to their art. In the Silk Road the main product was the silk. Because people throughout the Asia and Europe was surprised of it’s softness and luxury. They hold in the secret how did they made that silk.

6. Buddhist, Daoism, Confucianism Buddhism ended up spreading to China because of the trade along the Silk Road. People didn’t follow it at first (it was a foreign religion), but started liking that it promised freedom from suffering Buddhist temples started being built. People started giving them lots of money. They believed this generosity would give them good Karma and good fortune in their next life.

7. Confucianists and Daoists didn’t like Buddhists They didn’t agree with Buddhist ideas of cremation. They believed it was wrong for monks to not get married and have children. Buddhist monks paid no taxes. But all three religions ended up lasting and are even still around today.

8. Conclusion The influence of the Silk road was very huge. It affected on our nowadays life too. It gave to China and the countries where did it go a big opportunities to develop in all ways

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