Select the best evidence to support the statement that travelers believed there was a risk of being attacked during caravan journeys.
Caravans were made up of many groups of both private merchants and government officials.
The travelers hired professional camel drivers, baggage handlers, camp tenders, and other workers, all of whom typically worked only one relatively short stretch of the entire route.
Private merchants hired their own armed guards; the Chinese government officials who traveled between Chang'an and Tashkent had military escorts.
The caravans carried supplies of food, water, and animal fodder for crossing the deserts that lay in their path. Depending on the terrain, they might go as few as ten or as many as fifty miles in a day.. . .
Although some caravans from the Silk Route took a northern route from Merv through Armenia to reach Byzantium overland, many others headed south.
From John S. Major, The Silk Route: 7,000 Miles of History. Copyright 1995 by HarperCollins
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Caravans were made up of many groups of both private merchants and government officials.
Caravans were made up of many groups of both private merchants and government officials.
The travelers hired professional camel drivers, baggage handlers, camp tenders, and other workers, all of whom typically worked only one relatively short stretch of the entire route.
The travelers hired professional camel drivers, baggage handlers, camp tenders, and other workers, all of whom typically worked only one relatively short stretch of the entire route.
Private merchants hired their own armed guards; the Chinese government officials who traveled between Chang'an and Tashkent had military escorts.
Private merchants hired their own armed guards; the Chinese government officials who traveled between Chang'an and Tashkent had military escorts.
The caravans carried supplies of food, water, and animal fodder for crossing the deserts that lay in their path. Depending on the terrain, they might go as few as ten or as many as fifty miles in a day.. . .
The caravans carried supplies of food, water, and animal fodder for crossing the deserts that lay in their path. Depending on the terrain, they might go as few as ten or as many as fifty miles in a day.. . .
Private merchants hired their own armed guards; the Chinese government officials who traveled between Chang'an and Tashkent had military escorts.
Select the best evidence to support the statement that the printing press made it cheaper to produce books.
The most famous invention from the Renaissance is the one people still use today.
The printing press is a machine that speedily makes multiple copies of the same book, newspaper, or picture.
Before the printing press, books had to be copied by hand, which took a lot of time and was very expensive.
The printing press was invented in China between 500 CE and 700 CE.
In the 1440s, a German metalworker named Johannes Gutenberg built the first printing press in Europe.
He also invented a new way of printing using metal moveable type. Each letter and punctuation mark was made out of a tiny piece of metal. To print a page, Gutenberg arranged the individual pieces of type in the correct order.
From Lisa Mullins, Science in the Renaissance. Copyright 2009 by Crabtree Publishing Company
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The most famous invention from the Renaissance is the one people still use today.
The most famous invention from the Renaissance is the one people still use today.
The printing press is a machine that speedily makes multiple copies of the same book, newspaper, or picture.
The printing press is a machine that speedily makes multiple copies of the same book, newspaper, or picture.
Before the printing press, books had to be copied by hand, which took a lot of time and was very expensive.
Before the printing press, books had to be copied by hand, which took a lot of time and was very expensive.
The printing press was invented in China between 500 CE and 700 CE.
The printing press was invented in China between 500 CE and 700 CE.
In the 1440s, a German metalworker named Johannes Gutenberg built the first printing press in Europe.
In the 1440s, a German metalworker named Johannes Gutenberg built the first printing press in Europe.
He also invented a new way of printing using metal moveable type. Each letter and punctuation mark was made out of a tiny piece of metal. To print a page, Gutenberg arranged the individual pieces of type in the correct order.