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The Silk Roads: Trade and Movement: Mesopotamia
What was the purpose of canal building in this area at the time? What is special about the Tigris river? The Silk Roads: Trade and Movement, Part 4
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Michael Scott on Classical Connections: Humanities interest then and now
How different is the ancient world from the modern world? Why is cherry picking history not a good thing compared to looking at the big picture of it? ***The interviewers audio is lower than the guest speaker*** Michael Scott on...
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The Silk Roads: Changing Perspectives: China and silk
Who was central to China and its identity? What were the Chinese trading silk for? The Silk Roads: Changing Perspectives, Part 1
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The Silk Roads: Changing Perspectives: Silk as currency
What was demanded of the Chinese empire at the time as they expanded and why? How was silk used for the soldiers of the garrison as well as on the community level? The Silk Roads: Changing Perspectives, Part 3
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The Silk Roads with Peter Frankopan
In the East Meets West season, this is the starting point. Frankopan's rightly lauded book has done what it said on the cover: created a new history of the world. For way too long we Westerners have been espying history through the lens...
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The Silk Roads: Ideas and Religion: Buddhism
How did Buddhism come into China? How did the texts survive for so long throughout the centuries? The Silk Roads: Ideas and Religion, Part 2
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The Silk Roads: Changing Perspectives: A complex exchange system
What were the pros and cons of exchanging silk? How was silk handled within nomadic tribes? The Silk Roads: Changing Perspectives, Part 2
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Michael Scott on Classical Connections: The Roman empire and multi-ethnicity
How multiethnic do you think the west was? Did racism exist in Rome or was it more about status? ***The interviewers audio is lower than the guest speaker*** Michael Scott on Classical Connections, Part 5
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Michael Scott on Classical Connections: Democracy then and now
What can we learn about democracy in the ancient world? What was the dynamism like in Athens when it came to democracy? ***The interviewers audio is lower than the guest speaker*** Michael Scott on Classical Connections, Part 7
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The Silk Roads: Ideas and Religion: Zoroastrianism
What is known of this religion in China? What motivated Christian rulers in the west to send missionaries to China and why? The Silk Roads: Ideas and Religion, Part 5
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The Silk Roads: Changing Perspectives: Silk and religion
What was silks place in the Buddhist realm? How did the Buddhist use of silk create competition with others? The Silk Roads: Changing Perspectives, Part 4
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The Silk Roads: Trade and Movement: A de-monitized economy
What finds were found at these excavation sites? What was unique about the cemeteries found in one excavation site? The Silk Roads: Trade and Movement, Part 3
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How were ancient China, India and Europe all connected?
When one thinks of the Ancient World you would be forgiven for instantly thinking of either the cultural glories of ancient Greece or the military might of the Roman Empire. Yet the Mediterranean and the Near East was just one part of a...
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The Silk Roads: Trade and Movement
British Museum Curator St John Simpson talks about the Sasanian empire, the Silk Road and new archaeological evidence for trade and movement across the frontiers of Late Antiquity.
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The Silk Roads: The movement of ideas and religion
Frances Wood, SOAS Research Associate gives a talk on the importance of the Silk Roads in the movement of ideas and religions across Central Asia, from Buddhism to Nestorian Christianity.
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The Story of India - Spice Routes and Silk Roads - 1/6
Continue the story of India with this six-part series on her spices, trade routes, and silken roads. Early global trade and an emergent global economy during the 1st century AD, Roman influences on India, monsoons, boat building, and...