The Silk Road, I
Pictures
Vocabulary
| silk | trade (2) | sanctuary |
| camel | nomads | Bactrian camel |
| oasis | desert | Dromedary camel |
| fabric | bandits | sandstorm |
| ruby | caravan | caravansary |
| storm | jewelry | mountain range |
| thief | illusion | hallucination |
| camp | robber | Manicheanism |
| faith | yogurt | waystation |
| texts | network | manuscript |
| coin | mirage | Nestorianism |
| route | emerald | altitude sickness |
| pass | sea route | heatstroke |
| sand | scrolls | sunstroke |
| silver | yurt/ger | dehydration |
| ship | harbor | archaeology |
| port | temple | Zoroastrianism |
| map | compass | gunpower |
| paper | merchant | hospitality |
| river | authority | merchandise |
| valley | steppe | grassland |
Here are some pictures. Answer the following questions for each.
1. What is this? This is a . . . . .
2. Where is this place? This is a . . . . .
3. Describe the weather. What season is this? What month is it?
4. Who is this person? He is . . . . . She is a . . . . . They are . . . . .
5. What is she doing? What’s he doing? What are they doing? He is . . . . . .
6. How does he feel? He is . . . . . . .
7. What will happen next? They will . . . . .
A Canal in Venice St. Mark’s Square and Basilica
The Walls of ConstantinopleThe Grand Bazaar of Istanbul
The Hagia Sophia The Interior of the Hagia Sophia
Tyre, Lebanon Roman Ruins
A Beach Beachgoers
The Krak des Chevaliers The Citadel of Aleppo
Making Brassware A Shawarma Eatery
The Imam Mosque Weaving a Carpet
