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Belief Systems Along the Silk Road
Discipline
Social Studies
Grade
7
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This resource from the Asia Society provides detailed information about the belief systems along the Silk Road: proselytizing faiths including Zoroastrianism, Manichaeism, Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam and non-proselytizing faiths including Hinduism, Judaism and Shinto. The resource includes translations of excerpts from religious texts and background essays on each belief system. (author/vm)


Ohio Social Studies Academic Content Standards (2010)
Grade 7: World Studies from 750 B.C. to 1600 A.D.: Ancient Greece to the First Global Age
Geography Strand
Human Systems
14. 
Trade routes connecting Africa, Europe and Asia fostered the spread of technology and major world religions.
Social Studies Standards (2001)
People in Societies
Grade Level Indicators (Grade 7)
2.
Explain how the Silk Road trade and the Crusades affected the cultures of the people involved.