AFE Special Topic Guide: THE SILK ROAD
• Maps of the Silk Roads, 1st Century to 15th Century [Journal of World History]
Maps from the article "The Indian Ocean in Eurasian and African World-Systems before the Sixteenth Century," by Philippe Beaujard, in Journal of World History 16, no. 4 (2005). Reprinted with permission.
• The Silk Roads: An Educational Resource [Education About Asia]
This article by the City University of New York professor Morris Rossabi appeared in the Spring 1999 issue of Education About Asia magazine.
• The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online [The British Library]
The International Dunhuang Project is "a ground-breaking international collaboration to make information and images of all manuscripts, paintings, textiles and artefacts from Dunhuang and archaeological sites of the Eastern Silk Road freely available on the Internet and to encourage their use through educational and research programs." This website is a truly comprehensive resource for teaching about the Silk Road. See especially the EDUCATION>TEACH section for teaching websites on various topics, including Buddhism on the Silk Road and The Silk Road: Trade, Travel, War and Faith.
• From Silk to Oil: Cross-cultural Connections along the Silk Roads [China Institute]
This downloadable curriculum guide provides a comprehensive view of the Silk Roads from the second century BCE to the contemporary period. The curriculum units underscore the patterns and networks of economic activity linking East Asia with the Mediterranean world through Central Asia. Included are five introductory essays, maps, and 23 curriculum units divided into the following five topics:
• Art of the Silk Road [University of Washington, Simpson Center for the Humanities]
Online exhibit "organized as part of Silk Road Seattle, a collaborative public education project exploring cultural interaction across Eurasia from the first century BCE to the sixteenth century CE." With text and images organized into four categories: 1) Cultures (with a timeline from 400 BCE to 1600 CE); 2) Religions (Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, Nestorianism, Islam, Manichaeism); 3) Trade (text about trade routes, horses and camels, silk); 4) Intercultural Exchange.
• Silk Road Project Learning Resources [The Silk Road Project]
Silkroad collaborates with schools, teachers, and artists to explore the roles that passion and art can play in learning. Across the globe, Silkroad artists work with students and communities to foster practices essential to living in a democratic society: listening, curiosity, and collaboration.
• "Silk Road Encounters" Readings and Lesson Plans [The Asia Society]
Geography
History
Belief Systems
Art
Trade
Music
Find more art-related resources about Art & Trade on the Silk Road at Asia in Art - Resources
