WORLD HISTORY

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. Silk went westward, and wools, gold, and silver went east.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Silk Route was a series of ancient trade networks that connected China and the Far East with countries in Europe and the Middle East.

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 derives its name from the highly lucrative trade of silk textiles that were produced almost exclusively in China. The network began with the Han dynasty’s expansion into Central Asia around 114 BCE, which largely pacified the once untamed region.