Alexander The Great's Death Debated

Discovery Channel ^ | 8-2-2004

[Conspiracy Guy]

I'd venture to guess that 4th grade is the average mental age of a journalist.

[mtbopfuyn]

It's Bush's fault.

[mtbopfuyn]

I'd venture to guess that 4th grade is the average mental age of a journalist.

That proves my 4th grade teacher was correct in telling us newspapers are written with a 4th grade reading level so the majority would be able to read them. I don't recall her saying headlines and articles had to make sense.

[Conspiracy Guy]

She was very wise.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[SunkenCiv]

Yeah, that route has been in use for a very long time. Not sure it was always used for silk though. Silk has been arriving since before Alexander. The route wasn't necessarily an expressway from east to west and back -- the products went from hand to hand, i.e. trade and barter. Anyway, here's an earlier topic:

#10: Niya Yields Buried Secrets (China Desert - Silk Road)) ^

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10 posted on 03/12/2004 1:37:33 PM PST by farmfriend ( Isaiah 55:10,11)

Seagoing trade is also very ancient. In the 1960s Colin Renfrew et al documented the obsidian trade in Anatolia and throughout the Aegean (islands, Greek mainland, Black Sea), dating back 1000s of years into the stone age. Regarding trade in Roman times (which was part of a long continuous tradition), here are a couple of titles:

[at] Qusier al-Qadim, from the first and second centuries A.D... were inscribed with Tamil graffiti in the Brahmi script and likely came from Arikamedu in southern India (not far from the modern town of Pondicherry). These constitute the first Indian Tamil inscriptions ever found in Egypt, and their discovery, next to a small iron forge, raises the possibility that a small community of Indian merchants or metalworkers lived at Qusier al-Qadim... researchers found items typical of the east, for example, teak and cloth made from jute. [pp 82-83]

At Empire's Edge: Exploring Rome's Egyptian Frontier by Robert B. Jackson

Contemporary writing about the Roman ships arriving in India and leaving with goods is also discussed.

The second one (which I highly recommend; same goes for other titles by Casson) discusses Roman-era trade between China and the west, including seagoing trade.

Travel in the Ancient World by Lionel Casson

[HenryLeeII]

Oh, great Cronos, I humbly beseech you. As the great Greek god of time, can you help me fix the time on my VCR?

[SunkenCiv]

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