GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -Silk Road, also called Silk Route, ancient trade route, linking China with the West, that carried goods and ideas between the two great civilizations of Rome and China.

Detailed explanation-2: -The silk arrived to Ancient Rome already spun and woven, transported through Asia along the Silk Road. Typically, no individual merchant that made the whole arduous journey all the way from China to Rome.

Detailed explanation-3: -A network of mostly land but also sea trading routes, the Silk Road stretched from China to Korea and Japan in the east, and connected China through Central Asia to India in the south and to Turkey and Italy in the west.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Silk Road was a network of trade routes connecting the East and the West in ancient and Medieval times. The term is used for both overland routes and those that are marine or limnic. The Silk Road involved three continents: Europe, Africa and Asia.