The Silk Road: Connecting the ancient world through trade - Shannon Harris Castelo
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With modern technology, a global exchange of goods and ideas can happen at the click of a button. But what about 2,000 years ago? Shannon Harris Castelo unfolds the history of the 5,000-mile Silk Road, a network of multiple routes that used the common language of commerce to connect the world's major settlements, thread by thread.
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We often glorify the positive exchanges along the Silk Road, but can you think of a possible negative impact of global trade on society in either the ancient or modern world?
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Araya Woods
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Some of the negative impacts in the Silk Road by inequality
Tram Nguyen
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One of the possible negative impacts of global trade on society in ancient and modern times could be the spread of disease or sickness. For example, in the modern time, global trade could contribute to the spread of the pandemics like COVID-19.
Taeyveona Hall
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A negative impact is that since there were no cleaning habits back then, small tiny germs can spread from close contact. They can also transport sicknesses back and forth.
Kayden Washington
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Disease can spread easily through the road .
Brandon Polvo-Betancourt
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Global trade along the Silk Road has negative impacts, including perpetuating inequality and exploitation, and facilitating the spread of diseases. These consequences highlight the importance of sustainable and equitable trade practices.
Lacey P
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Some negative impacts the Silk Road has made along the route include perpetuating inequality and exploitation and facilitating the spread of diseases.
Mia Giles
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The Silk Road overall did have some negative impacts, one to name would be the spread of disease in the ancient world.
Kimberly Valencia
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Some negative impacts that may have been cause by the silk road trade is that places could have been united if traded in certain places and also that they could have had an impact on the spread of diseases
Kyree Davis
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The Silk Road could have been used to invade other places. People could steal ideas and make the things on their own, and people could get lazy and just buy everything instead of working for it
stephanie e
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The geography of Eurasia made a wide range of valuable resources available all along the Silk Road routes. While Asia had silk, tea, porcelain, and paper, Central Asia had horses, jade, and spices. The availability of these resources encouraged trade along the routes.
