Activity 4.1

Quisque Horses were bred in the vast steppes of Central Asia, particularly in regions like Mongolia, Turkestan (modern Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan), and further west into Anatolia and the Middle East.

Where and how the good was produced ?

Horses

The Silk Road was the principal route for horse trade, connecting Central Asia with China in the east and the Middle East and Europe in the west. Karakorum (Mongolia): Mongol capital and key trading hub. Baghdad (Iraq): A significant destination in the Middle East for horses, Beijing (China): The Chinese market had a high demand for horses, particularly for military purposes.

Specific Routes and Major Cities

Mongol Empire, Chinese dynasties, Persian states, and the Byzantine Empire, sought horses for cavalry units. Also for merchants bought horses for personal transport as symbols of status. They were transported in two ways: Land Transport: They were primarily transported via land.Particularly along the Silk Road,. River Transport: Particularly where transporting horses to markets in Persia or the Middle East, rivers (like the Oxus)

Who bought and transported the horses?

Quick They were arious obstacles one of them was the natural obstacles, that was The Gobi Desert, this was a dry area that needed to navigate really carefully. Another natural obstacle was mountains of of the most difficult and dangerous to go throw , Tian Shan. Then the most big obstacle was the Pirates and Bandits that sometimes attacked river routes. Also the tariffs that Persia and China, imposed have were a really big problem for the merchants.

Obstacles

Social classes. Aristrocrats, who used horses as a start symbols, mlilitary forces . Also in politics The Mongol Empire,The Chinese and Persian empires, were beneficiaries by horses trades. Religious groups. The religious that benefited most from the horse treads are the Islamic, Christian monasteries and Buddhist.

Who benefited from horse trade?

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