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1、NewarchaeologicaldiscoverssuggestthattradebetweenEurope阅读答案 NewarchaeologicaldiscoverssuggestthattradebetweenEuropeandAsiaalongtheSilkRoadprobablybeganinsomeformmanycountriesearlierthanoncethought.Thefindings,coupledwithawideningrangeofscientificandhistorica
2、lresearchcouldaddafascinatingnewpagetotheepicoftheSilkRoad. ThefarestandmostsurprisingdiscoveryispiecesofsilkfoundinthehairofandEgyptianmummyfromabout1000BC,longbeforeregulartrafficontheSilkRoadandatleastonethousandyearsbeforesilkwaspreviouslythoughttobeused
3、inEgypt.Otherresearchmayextendhumanactivityalongthisroutebackevenfurther,perhapsamillionyearstothemigrationofhumanancestorsintoeasternAsia. TheofficialoriginofEast-Westcommercealongtheroadisusuallyplacedinthelate2ndcenturyBCwhichwastheagentoftheChineseEmpero
4、rWu-direturnedfromadangeroussecretmission(使命)acrossthedesertintotheremotehighcountryofCentralAsia.Theagent,ZhangQian,travelledasfarasAfghanistanbackknowledgeofevenmoredistantlandssuchasPersia,SyriaandaplaceknownasLijion,.Histerentshavecalledthisoneofthemostim
5、portantjourneysinancienttimes.Hisjourneyopenedthewayforwhathavebeenthoughttobethefirstindirectcontactsbetweentheancientworld’stwosuperpowers,ChinaandRome.Chinesesilk,firsttradedtocentralAsiantribesforwarhorsesandtotheParthiansofoldPetlaluexchangeforacrobatsan
6、dostricheggs,wassoonfindingitswaythroughanetworkofmerchantstotheluxurymarketsinRome. ButthenewdiscoveriesshowthatChinesesilkwasapparentlypresentintheWestlongbeforetheHanemperorstartedorganizedtradeovertheSilkRoad.Theresearchcouldchangethinkingabouttheearlyhi
7、storyofworldtradeandprovideinsightsintothemysteryofjusthowandwhenEuropeandtheMediterraneanlandsfirstbecameawareofthegloriouscultureattheotherendofEurasia. 72.Theword“coupled”inthefirstparagraphcouldbestbereplacedby. A.producedB.contributedC.doubledD.combine
8、d 73.ThesilkthreadfoundinthehairofanEgyptianmummysuggeststhat. A.EgyptianshadprobablytravelledtoChinatobuysilk B.tradealongtheSilkRoadbeganearlierthanoncethought C.historicalresearcho
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