San Rafael Public Library

First Wednesday Art Talk – The Silk Road: Globalization in the Ancient World

Posted by bonnie on

When:
February 6, 2019 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
2019-02-06T13:00:00-08:00
2019-02-06T14:00:00-08:00
Where:
City Hall Council Chambers
1400 Fifth Ave
San Rafael, CA 94901
USA
Cost:
Free
Contact:
Reference Desk
415-485-3321

The Silk Road: Globalization in the Ancient World 

Travel the ancient routes that provided good, technologies, and ideas to countries and cultures from the Mediterranean to the Pacific.  Discover the transformations that resulted from the complex exchanges between East and West.

Before jet planes and smartphones, militia, merchants, monks and pilgrims spent months even years traveling over perilous land routes to carry luxury goods and new ideas thousands of miles across lost civilizations. Luxury commodities such as silk, porcelain, paper, tea, jade, amber, spices, ivory, gunpowder, gold and silver were carried across the overland trade routes known as the Silk Road. Religions and ideas, technologies and innovations spread along the trade routes in all directions.

History greats such as Alexander the Great , Marco Polo, Zhang Qian, and Genghis Khan, all left their traces on the greatest roads mankind ever known.

Come discover the complexity of the exchanges and variety of cultures transformed as a result of goods, knowledge and techniques transmitted between East and West.

Asian Art Museum Docent Speaker: Peggy Mathers

 

Leave a Reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

  • Downtown Library

    Hours
    Sun: 10:00-5:00
    Mon: 10:00-5:00
    Tues: 10:00-7:00
    Weds: 10:00-7:00
    Thurs: 10:00-5:00
    Fri: 10:00-5:00
    Sat: 10:00-5:00

    Contact
    (415) 485-3323

    Address
    1100 E Street (at 5th Avenue)
    San Rafael, CA 94901

  • Pickleweed Library

    Hours
    Sun: closed
    Mon: closed
    Tues: 10:00-5:00
    Weds: 10:00-5:00
    Thurs: 12:00-7:00
    Fri: 10:00-5:00
    Sat: 10:00-5:00

    Contact
    (415) 485-3483

    Address
    50 Canal Street
    San Rafael, CA 94901

  • Northgate Library

    Hours
    Sun: closed
    Mon: closed
    Tues: closed
    Weds: 11:00-5:00
    Thurs: 11:00-5:00
    Fri: 11:00-5:00
    Sat: 11:00-5:00

    Contact
    (415) 890-5670

    Address
    5800 Northgate Drive Ste. 083
    San Rafael, CA 94903


  • Contact Us

    Send us a message!
Translate »