The Silk Route
The Moorish Bazaar. Rudolf Ernst. Public domain Today we are going to step back in time and travel through time, to the trade route known as the Silk Route. Do you know anything about it? Vocabulary Task 1. Check the meaning of the following words: barter, bazaar, commodities, goods, gunpowder, spices Task 2 . Click on this link about spices and make a list of at least five spices. What is the Spanish equivalent for each spice? What is the most expensive spice today? The map of the Silk Route Look at the map in your book on page 66 and compare it to this map. Can you locate the cities in your book in this map? Public domain. Wikimedia Commons Click on the cities along the Silk Route map to learn what life is like today in those places. Video clip on the city of Kashgar Watch this video on the BBC page and answer the following questions: Where is Kashgar? What does the reporter say about its past? Why is this city being transformed? What is it be...