Western Civilization I / Unit 5 WC1 0413 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Seleucids: Too Big, Too Few Greeks, and the Silk Trade
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The idea
The Seleucids returned India to Chandragupta about three ten, the anchor's date, for elephants, and lost Parthia in two forty-seven. Rebellion followed, yet they consolidated trade with roads and canals, and the anchor credits them with beginning the Silk Road.
In practice
The remnant ended by Pompey in sixty-three B.C.E.
Where people slip
The Silk Road claim is the anchor's; the witness dates the link later.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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