关于丝绸,刺绣蜡染的英语作文

篇一：

One of the world's most ancient and historically important trade routesthe Silk Road conjures up exotic images of camel caravanswindswept desertsand such legendary figures as Genghis Khan and Marco Polo.Extending as far as the Indian kingdoms in the westto present-day Xian in China in the eastthe Silk Road was already a crossroads of Asia by the third century B.C.

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Originally a caravan route and used fromс100 BC the 4000-mi(00-km)road started in Xi'an China followed the Great Wall to the northwest climbed the Pamir Mtns.crossed Afghanistan and went on to the eastern Mediterranean Sea where goods were taken by boat to Rome.Silk was carried westward while wool gold and silver were carried eastward.With the fall of Rome the route became unsafe;it was revived under the Mongols and Marco Polo used it in the 13th century.

The Silk Road dates back to the 2nd century B.C.when Zhang Qian went on a business trip to the western countries following this trade thoroughfare linking Asia and Europe.Originating from Chang’an the route traveled through Shaanxi Provincethe

Hexi Corridor in Gansu ProvinceXinjiangAfghanistanIranIraq and Syriaending at the eastern shores of the Mediterranean.More than 4000 of its 7000 kilometers were in China.Because China’s silk reached the West along this roadEuropean scholars came to call it the“Silk Road”.