Additional+Lesson+on+Trade+Routes


 * Today's LessonTrade Routes**
 * Questions for today:** Recall Geographic Luck. To what extent were individual leaders responsible for the successes of their civilizations? Was their rise to greatness a result of their own personal strengths or the land/conditions that they were lucky enough to have?

1. Did trade influence the rise of empires or did empires influence the extent of trade? 2. What part might cities and trade routes have played during this period in the spread of knowledge, skills, new ideas, religions, and philosophies? 3. Which geographical features helped, and which hindered the integration of Indo-Mediterranea? How were hindering features overcome? 4. How might the introduction of crops into new regions affect the environment.


 * Lesson Activity: In groups you are going to follow a trade route that was used during classical civilization times. Use [|Google Earth] to plug in the different latitudes and longitudes.**


 * Routes to follow:**
 * Amber Road**
 * Pepper Route**
 * The Royal Road**
 * The Silk Road**
 * The Way of the Sea**


 * [|Link to readings and Coordinates for all of the above routes]**

You will share your route with the class and explain your answers to the above questions in relation to your route, then you will use what you learn from the other routes to see how your answers have changed, or have been reinforced. -How did trade routes impact societies in classical times?

Further Discussion: 1. How do trade routes continue to impact society today? 2. What are Modern trade routes? 3. Describe some modern day challenges to merchants (opening of a megastore, tariffs, price of fuel, competition, and so on) 4. The movement of knowledge and ideas. How does it travel today 5. Today, does trade influence empire, or does empire influence trade? 6. How can empires be affected in both negative and positive ways by the spread of empire?