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Ferghana: Fertile Valley of the Old North Silk Road


Fergana - 49 by elgalopino.

A. Your first task is to find out all you can about the city of Ferghana and the people who lived there.  Always be on the lookout for valuable information.

Ferghana History

Ferghana Valley Timeline

Fergana Valley: Wikipedia

Fergana Valley

Uzbekistan: Fergana Valley

Fergana and the Silk Road

B. Your second task as one of the great merchant houses of the Silk Road is to determine which product you want to trade on the Silk Road.  To do this, please use the links below to determine which of the four products available to your city you want to deal in.

Przewalski's Horse [_0150139]by RC Fotos

Horses

Carpet Shopping by Todd Huffman (Flickr)

Rugs

Stop & Shop deluxe mixed nuts by s58y (Flickr)

Nuts

Tibet-Gautama buddha by Xuan Rosemaninovich (Flickr)

Copper

C. To answer the geography-related questions in section C of your notetaking organizer, go to http://www.bing.com/maps/ . Under Get Directions, type in the name of your home city next to the A and the name of the city you will travel to in B.  Then click GET DIRECTIONS.  Using ROAD and AERIAL views (SATELLITE VIEW) — NOT 3D — learn about the geography of your “neighborhood”.

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