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How Ideas and Inventions Traveled the Silk Roads for Kids: 24 Evidence-Based Stories of Paper, Science, Art, Food, Maps, and Global Connections
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Series: The Hidden Systems of the Silk Roads for Kids, Book 3
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ISBN13: 9798188625221
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jul 23 2026
Pages: 144
Weight: 0.44
Height: 0.31 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jul 23 2026
Pages: 144
Weight: 0.44
Height: 0.31 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
How did a used sheet of paper travel two thousand miles? Why did a magnetic needle point south? How did cobalt from West Asia become part of Chinese blue-and-white porcelain? How Ideas and Inventions Traveled the Silk Roads for Kids is an illustrated Silk Road history book about how knowledge, technology, art, plants, books, and maps moved across connected regions-and how people changed what they received. Through 24 evidence-based stories, readers follow ideas from Central Asia, China, India, Iran, Korea, Southeast Asia, Europe, Africa, and the Americas. Inside, readers discover: - how paper, woodblock printing, place value, and astronomy crossed languages
- how the compass, gunpowder, glassmaking, and silk production changed in new workshops
- how dance, textile patterns, cobalt blue, and painting styles became shared
- how apples, grapes, sugar cane, and sweet potatoes reshaped farming and food
- how travel accounts and world maps expanded geographical knowledge
- how plague, Zheng He's fleets, Macao, and Pacific silver reveal the power and risks of wider connections Using archaeological finds, manuscripts, museum objects, scientific research, and evidence close-ups, the book explains what historians can confirm-and what remains uncertain. This is not a list of famous inventors or a general Silk Roads encyclopedia. It is a focused, illustrated history of translation, adaptation, skilled work, and global change. Designed for ages 9-14, especially independent readers ages 10 and up, it suits curious families, homeschool history, classroom libraries, and middle-grade readers interested in world history, science, technology, art, food, and maps. Book 3 of The Hidden Systems of the Silk Roads for Kids. It can be read independently.
- how dance, textile patterns, cobalt blue, and painting styles became shared
- how apples, grapes, sugar cane, and sweet potatoes reshaped farming and food
- how travel accounts and world maps expanded geographical knowledge
- how plague, Zheng He's fleets, Macao, and Pacific silver reveal the power and risks of wider connections Using archaeological finds, manuscripts, museum objects, scientific research, and evidence close-ups, the book explains what historians can confirm-and what remains uncertain. This is not a list of famous inventors or a general Silk Roads encyclopedia. It is a focused, illustrated history of translation, adaptation, skilled work, and global change. Designed for ages 9-14, especially independent readers ages 10 and up, it suits curious families, homeschool history, classroom libraries, and middle-grade readers interested in world history, science, technology, art, food, and maps. Book 3 of The Hidden Systems of the Silk Roads for Kids. It can be read independently.
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