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World History Study Question Lesson 3 Page 382

1) Why will most of the members of the caravan travel only part of the way to the Mediterranean?
2) What goods waited for those who crossed the Taklamakan Desert to Kashgar?
3) Why do you think some of the Chinese members of the caravan ended their journey at Kashgar?
4) How do you think merchants found their way through the Pamirs?
5) What places are stops on the "Silk Route"?
6) What could a government provide that would make travel safer in Transoxiana?
7) Why is Heart said to be on the eastern edge of the Islamic world "for the moment"?
8) How can a visitor tell that the Islamic religion has just reached Hereat?
9) What religions are practiced in Heart?
10) How do Indian spices and cloth, pearls from the Persian Gulf, and precious stones from Ceylon reach Baghdad?
11) What do wealthy people in Damascus and Byzantium have in common?