Key Concept – Systems
Related Concept – Power, Culture, Identity and Choice
Global Context – Globalisation and Sustainability
Statement of Inquiry – Social systems depend on power and relationships between people.
The Silk Road
Top 5 megacities along the Silk Road
Ibn Battutah
Zheng He
Marco Polo
City-States on the Silk Road
There are hundreds of city-states which formed the Silk Road. For your assessment, it is advisable to choose one in which the Internet or library has sufficient resources for you to study. For example,
Bukhara
Samarkand
Samarkand’s Silk Road Treasures
China’s Belt and Road Initiative
Aleppo
Xian
Top Facts you should know about Xian
Xi’an’s Ancient Silk Road Legacy
Baku
Merv
Dunhuang
Hotan
Constantinople (Istanbul)
Venice
Tyre
Rayy (Tehran)
Damascus
Tabriz
Kabul
Hangzhou
Timbuktu
Malacca
Empires along the Silk Road