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As the silk road became increasingly important in Central Asian life, Iranian-speaking peoples started to settle down in trading cities and surrounding farm villages. A group of nomads originally from the Altai Mountains farther east had spread along the steppes and became dominant pastoral groups. The Silk Road had spread many customs and beliefs on a wide range of people through missionary influences. Military technology helped caravans safely cross the silk road and trade with many cities without having to fear of being ransacked by a group of bandits. An example of this consists of Chariot Warfare and mounted bowmen. Evidence of the stirrup comes first from the Kushan people which was a solid bar then a loop of leather to support the riders big toe and a device of leather and metal or wood supporting the instep. This gave riders greater statability in the saddle. Stirrups allowed a mounted warrior to use a lance and not worry about being pushed of his mount.
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1. The trading demands for the formation of the silk road A. Was the eagerness of the Chinese to have western goods such as horses. The cause for the Silk Road to form was the eagerness of the Chinese to have western goods, such as horses, and on the western end the organized Parthian state, which consisted of flourishing markets of Mesopotamia from the Seleucids. (Bulliet 175)
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2. What was the importance of the Silk Road? C. The Silk Road allowed for important goods to be sold such as spices, plants, and animals and the spread of ideas, culture, and disease.
Most importantly, the silk road facilitated the exchange of ideas and diseases. Around the fourteenth century, The Bubonic Plague, also known as the Black Death, killed around one third of Europes population. (Kanarek 146) The Spices the were being exchanged where important because they had numerous purposes such as food preservation, flavoring, and pharmaceutical reasons. (Lupinskie-Huvane 76)
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3. How has the Sasanid Empire impacted the Silk Road? B. The Sasanid Empire has intensified trade along the Silk Road, pioneered in planting new crops, and the politicization of religion within the empire has greatly affected the culture of the Silk Road. The rise of the Sasanid empire in Iran brought a continuation of the rivalry between Rome and the Parthians and intensified trade along the Silk Road. (Bulliet 176) The politicization of religion greatly affected the culture of the Silk Road. The Sasanid farmers pioneered in planting cotton, sugar cane, rice, citrus trees, eggplants, and other crops adopted from India and China