SSC MTS EXAM

Detailed explanation-1: -The silk road was a network of paths connecting civilizations in the East and West that was well traveled for approximately 1, 400 years.

Detailed explanation-2: -A caravan track stretched west along the Great Wall of China, across the Pamirs, through Afghanistan, and into the Levant and Anatolia. Its length was about 4, 000 miles (more than 6, 400 km). Goods were then shipped to Europe via the Mediterranean Sea.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Southern Silk route (SSR), one of the least studied overland route, is a trade route which is about 2000 km long and linked East and North East India with Yunnan Province of China via Myanmar. This is a relatively unknown, ancient trade route that is considered a part of the larger web of Silk Roads.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Silk Road routes stretched from China through India, Asia Minor, up throughout Mesopotamia, to Egypt, the African continent, Greece, Rome, and Britain.