{"id":4318,"date":"2021-11-01T22:05:21","date_gmt":"2021-11-01T22:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/?page_id=4318"},"modified":"2021-12-17T21:58:16","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T21:58:16","slug":"the-archaeology-of-the-great-trade-routes-the-silk-routes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/?page_id=4318","title":{"rendered":"The Silk Roads – The Great Trade Routes I"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Birgitta Hoffmann<\/span><\/p>\n

The World is crisscrossed by large route systems along which good and ideas have travelled for hundreds of years. In this Series of lectures we will explore how these routes worked and how they changed over time and how the people alongside suffered and benefiteed from their proximity.<\/p>\n<\/header>\n

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Programme<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

20th January: <\/strong>Why the Plural? Maritime and Terrestrial Silk Roads and Silk Routes.<\/p>\n

The Maritime Silk Roads<\/span><\/p>\n

27th January:<\/b> Where does it all start? Starting trading along the Western Pacific Rim in the Bronze and Iron Age.<\/p>\n

3 February<\/strong>: Coming from the other side: Trading along the coast of Arabia and the Persian Gulf<\/p>\n

10 February<\/strong>: Linking the system together: Monsoon trading and the role of India, Sri Lanka and the straits of Malacca<\/p>\n

17th February<\/strong>: Europeans seeking Spice. The end of the Maritime Silkroad?<\/p>\n

24th February<\/strong>: Break<\/p>\n

The Overland Silk Roads<\/span><\/p>\n

3 March<\/strong>: The Silk route before Silk. Trading Gemstones, horses and\u00a0 skills?<\/p>\n

10 March<\/b>: From China to Rome – Bringing the Silk West<\/p>\n

17 March<\/strong>: Trading religions – the silk routes and the spread of Christianity, Islam and Buddhism<\/p>\n

24th March:<\/strong> Is the way to Power Trade or faster armies? The rise of the Medieval empires along the Silkroad.<\/p>\n

31st March<\/strong>: Benefitting from the trade routes – East and West.<\/p>\n

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10 weeks starting 20th January 2022. <\/strong>Half term break 24th February.<\/p>\n

Virtual Learning Environment<\/strong>: Zoom<\/p>\n

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Contact:
\nBirgitta Hoffmann
\n55 Broadwalk, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5PL
\nemail:\u00a0latinteacher@btinternet.com<\/a> mobile: 07747 533 070\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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