Oct. 2/3: Continue Research on Silk Road

Silk Road: List of SourcesNote: You must use at least 3 sources for the Silk Road-- at least 2 must be from the list below to your portfolio to MEET expectations. It is recommended that you LOOK at ALL of the sources before selecting the best to add to your portfolio. You may find any additional sources on your own after you have used at least 2 from below.

• Source A: Marco Polo, description of Polo’s travels, The Travels of Marco Polo (excerpts), 2004
• Source B: “Traveling the Silk Road” (excerpts), 2009
• Source C: “The Great Silk Road”
• Source D: Suleiman, description of Suleiman’s 851 C.E. travel through India and China, 
• Source E: Richard Kurin, description of the role, value, and uses of silk, “Silk Road: Connecting People and Cultures” (excerpts), Smithsonian Institute, 2002.
• Source F: Friar John of Monte Corvino, historical letter, Letter to the West (excerpts), 1305 
• Source G: John Major, description of impact, “Silk Road: Spreading Ideas and Innovations” [excerpt], Asia Society, 2015.
• Source H: Valerie Hansen, description of the legacy of the Silk Road, “The Legacy of the Silk Road” (excerpt), Yale Global Online, 2013. 
• Source I: Warwick Ball, historian’s essay on the Silk Road, “Following the Mythical Road”(excerpts), Geographical (Campion Interactive Publishing), 1998
• Source J: Alfred Andrea, historian’s essay on the Silk Road, “The Silk Road in World History: A Review Essay” (excerpts), Asian Review of World Histories, 2014
• Source K: The first Silk Roads (Big History Project) 
• Source L:  Lost on the Silk Road (Big History Project) 
• Source M: Silk Road (interactive maps)