The Silk Road the Silk road,or silk route,is an interconnected series of ancient trade routes,through various regions of the Asian continent,that connected China with Asion Minor and then the Mediterranean.It extends over 8000km across land and sea.The routes linked Antioch and the coasts of the Mediterranean to Bejjing,with a journey time of about one year.In the south a secon route went via Yemen,Burma and India. The trade that took place on these routes played a significant roe in the development of the great civilization of China,Egypt,Mesopotamia,Persia,the Indian subcontinent and Rome,and helped establish the foundations of the modern wodd
Posted on: Sat, 05 Oct 2013 16:58:57 +0000
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