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    DBQ The Silk Road

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    The document is an introduction to a DBQ (document-based question) about the extent to which the Silk Road created an interconnected network from the 2nd century CE to the 13th century. Students are asked to write an essay analyzing 6 documents and identifying an additional type of document that would help analyze how the Silk Road interconnected regions. The introduction provides background on the Silk Road and guidance on how to approach the essay.

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    DBQ The Silk Road

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    The documents provide evidence that the Silk Road facilitated the spread of goods, ideas, religions and people between East and West from the 2nd century CE to the 13th century CE, creating an interconnected network across Asia and Europe.

    Trade records would help by providing details of the goods traded along the Silk Road and between which locations, demonstrating the connections formed. They could show the routes taken and frequency of trade.

    Documents 1, 2 and 3 provide details of goods traded along the Silk Road like silk and grains. Documents 4 and 5 describe the movement of people like monks and missionaries. This shows the cultural and religious exchange enabled by the Silk Road.

    Silk Road DBQ

    The Silk Road is a touchstone for world history. It was a rich trans-
    regional vehicle for the transmission of art, religion, science and
    disease that also affords a glimpse into the politics and economic
    systems of the pre-modern world.

    The Silk Road in World History


    (Suggested writing time – 40 minutes)
    You should spend at least 10 minutes reading, analyzing, and
    grouping the sources.

    Directions: The following question is based on the accompanying


    Documents 1-6. (The documents have been edited for the
    purpose of this exercise.) Write your answer on the lined pages of
    the Section II free-response booklet.
    This question is designed to test your ability to work with and
    understand historical documents.
    Write an essay that:
     Has a relevant thesis and supports that thesis with evidence
    from the documents.
     Uses all of the documents.
     Analyzes the documents by grouping them in as many
    appropriate ways as possible. Does not simply summarize
    the documents individually.
     Takes into account the sources of the documents and
    analyzes the authors’ points of view.
     Identifies and explains the need for at least one additional
    type of document.
    You may refer to relevant historical information not mentioned in
    the documents.

    1. To what extent did the Silk Road create an


    interconnected network? Identify an additional type
    of document and explain how it would help your
    analysis of the Silk Road in creating interconnected
    network from the 2nd century C.E. to the 13th century?
    Document 1
    Source: Roman historian, Cassius Dio, 164 - 224 C.E.,
    commented on a celebration the Roman emperor, Julius Caesar,
    staged in his own honor around 50 B.C.E.
    If I mention one feature of his [Caesar's] extravagance at that
    time, I shall thereby give an idea of all the rest. In order that the
    sun might not annoy any of the spectators, he had curtains
    stretched over them made of silk, according to some accounts.
    Now this fabric is a device of barbarian luxury, and has come
    down from them even to us to gratify the fastidious taste of fine
    ladies.

    Document 2
    Source: Sima Qian, The Records of the Grand Historian, about
    Zhang Qian, a diplomat who traveled to the court of the Yuezhi
    for the Han Emperor Wudi, 1st century B.C.E.
    Zhang Qian was the first person to bring back a clear account of
    the Dayuan [present day Krygystan and Uzbekistan].
    Anzi [Parthian Persia] is situated several thousand li [a little
    more than a third of a mile] west of the region of the Great
    Yuezhi. The people are settled on the land, cultivating the fields
    and growing rice and wheat. They also make wine out of grapes.
    ....

    Document 3
    Source: Anonymous assistant to a Chinese merchant, A Record
    of Musings On the Eastern Capital, about Hangzhou, capital of
    the Southern Sung Dynasty, 1235.
    During the morning hours, markets extend from Tranquility Gate
    of the palace all the way to the north and south sides of the New
    Boulevard. Here we find pearl, jade, talismans, exotic plants and
    fruits, seasonal catches from the sea, wild game -- all the rarities
    of the world seem to be gathered here.
    Some of the hustlers are students who failed to achieve any
    literary distinction. Though able to read and write, and play
    musical instruments and chess, they are not highly skilled in any
    art. They end up being a kind of guide for young men from
    wealthy families, accompanying them in their pleasure-seeking
    activities.

    Document 4
    Source: Faxian, A Chinese Buddhist Monk's Travels in India and
    Ceylon, 399 - 411 C.E.
    From this place [Central Asia], we traveled southeast, passing
    by a succession of very many monasteries, with a multitude of
    monks .... When stranger monks arrive at any monastery, the
    old residents meet and receive them ....

    Document 5
    Source: Friar John of Monte Corvino, Letter to the West, one of
    two letters written to his fellow Franciscans around 1295. John
    was sent by Pope Nicolas IV to try to make an alliance with the
    Mongols against the Mamluk rulers of Egypt.
    I, Friar John of Monte Corvino, of the Order of Friars Minor,
    departed from Tauris, a city of the Persians, in the year of the
    Lord 1291, and proceeded to India. And I remained in the
    country of India, wherein stands the church of St. Thomas the
    Apostle, for thirteen months, ....
    I proceeded on my further journey and made my way to Cathay,
    the realm of the emperor of the Mongols who is called the Great
    Khan. To him I presented the letter of our lord the pope, and
    invited him to adopt the Catholic faith of our Lord Jesus Christ,
    but he had grown too old in idolatry. However he bestows
    kindnesses upon the Christians, and these two years past I am
    abiding with him.

    Document 6
    Source: Marco Polo, The Travels of Marco Polo, a Venetian
    merchant who may have worked for the Yuan dynasty, the
    Mongol rulers of China, late 13 th century. This excerpt is a
    description of Hangzhou, a southern city that was part of the
    Yuan empire.
    There are within the city ten principal squares or market places,
    besides innumerable shops along the streets. .... On the nearer
    bank ... stand large stone warehouses provided for merchants
    who arrive from India and other parts with their goods and
    effects. They are thus situated conveniently close to the market
    squares. In each of these, three days in every week, from forty
    to fifty thousand persons come to these markets and supply
    them with every article that could be desired.
    Question: To what extent did the Silk Road create an interconnected
    network? Identify an additional type of document and explain how it would
    help your analysis of the Silk Road in creating interconnected network from
    the 2nd century C.E. to the 13th century?.

    1. Reword the question to explain what your essay will be about.


    You do not have to reword the “additional document” section.
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    2. Write a thesis for this DBQ. Your thesis is going to be a claim


    that you will verify in your essay.
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    3. Fill in the blanks for each document


    Document 1
    Explain the meaning of this document. (Uses & Understands)
    ______________________________________________________________________________
    ______________________________________________________________________________
    What does this document say about the Silk Road creating an interconnected
    network? (Evidence)
    ______________________________________________________________________________
    ______________________________________________________________________________
    Why does this author write/create this document?
    ______________________________________________________________________________
    ______________________________________________________________________________
    Document 2
    Explain the meaning of this document. (Uses & Understands)
    ______________________________________________________________________________
    ______________________________________________________________________________
    What does this document say about the Silk Road creating an interconnected
    network? (Evidence)
    ______________________________________________________________________________
    ______________________________________________________________________________
    Why does this author write/create this document?
    ______________________________________________________________________________
    ______________________________________________________________________________
    Document 3
    Explain the meaning of this document. (Uses & Understands)
    ______________________________________________________________________________
    ______________________________________________________________________________
    What does this document say about the Silk Road creating an interconnected
    network? (Evidence)
    ______________________________________________________________________________
    ______________________________________________________________________________
    Why does this author write/create this document?
    ______________________________________________________________________________
    ______________________________________________________________________________
    Document 4
    Explain the meaning of this document. (Uses & Understands)
    ______________________________________________________________________________
    ______________________________________________________________________________
    What does this document say about the Silk Road creating an interconnected
    network? (Evidence)
    ______________________________________________________________________________
    ______________________________________________________________________________
    Why does this author write/create this document?
    ______________________________________________________________________________
    ______________________________________________________________________________
    Document 5
    Explain the meaning of this document. (Uses & Understands)
    ______________________________________________________________________________
    ______________________________________________________________________________
    What does this document say about the Silk Road creating an interconnected
    network? (Evidence)
    ______________________________________________________________________________
    ______________________________________________________________________________
    Why does this author write/create this document?
    ______________________________________________________________________________
    ______________________________________________________________________________
    Document 6
    Explain the meaning of this document. (Uses & Understands)
    ______________________________________________________________________________
    ______________________________________________________________________________
    What does this document say about the Silk Road creating an interconnected
    network? (Evidence)
    ______________________________________________________________________________
    ______________________________________________________________________________
    Why does this author write/create this document?
    ______________________________________________________________________________
    ______________________________________________________________________________
    4. List four relevant groups and explain why these documents
    belong together. Groups should be based on similarities that
    address the question (can only be place or date if it is relevant)

    Group 1: Documents - _____________


    Why do they go together?
    ______________________________________________________________________________
    ______________________________________________________________________________
    Group 2: Documents - _____________
    Why do they go together?
    ______________________________________________________________________________
    ______________________________________________________________________________
    Group 3: Documents - _____________
    Why do they go together?
    ______________________________________________________________________________
    ______________________________________________________________________________
    Group 4: Documents - _____________
    Why do they go together?
    ______________________________________________________________________________
    ______________________________________________________________________________

    5. List three additional documents you will need to help your


    understanding and why they are necessary?

    Document 1: Type: _______________________________ Why?


    __________________________
    ______________________________________________________________________________
    Document 2: Type: _______________________________ Why?
    __________________________
    ______________________________________________________________________________
    Document 3: Type: _______________________________ Why?
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