Silk Road routes

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Silk Road routes were ancient trade networks connecting East Asia with the Mediterranean and other regions, facilitating the exchange of goods, cultures, and ideas across Eurasia.

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instanceOf cultural exchange network
historical trade network
transcontinental trade route
coinageDate 19th century
coinedBy Ferdinand von Richthofen
connects Central Asia
East Asia
Europe
Mediterranean Basin
surface form: Mediterranean region

Middle East
North Africa
South Asia
declineFactors insecurity from invasions
political fragmentation
rise of maritime trade routes
spread of plague
extendsFrom China
extendsTo Arabian Peninsula
Byzantine Empire
South Asia
surface form: Indian subcontinent

Mediterranean Sea
Persians
surface form: Persian Empire

Roman Empire
facilitatedExchangeOf artworks
gems
glassware
horses
languages
paper
philosophical concepts
porcelain
precious metals
religious ideas
scientific knowledge
silk
slaves
spices
technologies
textiles
facilitatedSpreadOf Buddhism
Christianity
Islam
Manichaeism
Nestorianism
surface form: Nestorian Christianity

Zoroastrianism
architectural forms
artistic styles
musical traditions
hasComponentRoute desert routes
maritime routes
mountain passes
overland routes
steppe routes
historicalPeriodOfPeak Han dynasty
Mongol
surface form: Mongol Empire

Pax Mongolica
Tang dynasty
influenced cultural syncretism
development of caravanserais
economic integration of Eurasia
spread of technologies such as papermaking
urban development in Central Asia
knownAs Silk Road routes
surface form: Silk Road

Silk Road routes
surface form: Silk Routes
locatedIn Eurasia
majorCityOnRoute Aleppo
Antioch
Baghdad
Bukhara, Uzbekistan
surface form: Bukhara

X’ian, China
surface form: Chang'an

Istanbul
surface form: Constantinople

Damascus
Dunhuang
Herat
Kashgar
Lanzhou
Merv
Nishapur
Palmyrene region
surface form: Palmyra

Samarkand
Tashkent
X’ian, China
surface form: Xi'an
passesThrough Anatolia
Mesopotamia
surface form: Fertile Crescent

Iranian plateau
surface form: Iranian Plateau

Levant region
surface form: Levant

Pamir Mountains
Tarim Basin
surface form: Taklamakan Desert

Tarim Basin
Tien Shan
relatedConcept Indian Ocean trade network
surface form: Maritime Silk Road

Steppe Road
Tea Horse Road
transportMode camel caravans
pack animals
river boats
sea-going ships
usedFor diplomatic missions
long-distance trade
military movements
religious pilgrimages

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Caucasus traversedBy Silk Road routes
Central Asia hasHistoricalRoute Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road
Indian Ocean trade network paralleledBy Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road
Black Death spreadAlong Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road
Chinese Jews of Kaifeng tradeRoute Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road
Silk Road routes knownAs Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road
Silk Road routes knownAs Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Routes
Gobi Desert partOf Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road network
Uzbekistan partOf Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road
Ningbo-Zhoushan partOf Silk Road routes
subject surface form: Ningbo-Zhoushan Port
this entity surface form: Maritime Silk Road
Yemen ancientTradeRole Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Incense Route
Tarim Basin partOf Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road region
Xinjiang historicallyPartOf Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road
Xinjiang traversedBy Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road
Georgia historicalTradeRoute Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road
Maritime Southeast Asia hasHistoricalTradeRoute Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Maritime Silk Road
Albert von Le Coq fieldOfWork Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road studies
China Belt and Road Initiative relatedTo Silk Road routes
subject surface form: Belt and Road Initiative
this entity surface form: New Silk Road
China University Alliance of the Silk Road associatedWith Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road
Nabataean kingdom majorRoute Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Incense Route
Trabzon partOf Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road trade routes
Tang dynasty majorTradeRoute Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road
Tang dynasty majorTradeRoute Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Maritime Silk Road
Old World includesTradeRoute Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road
Southern Arabia crossedBy Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Incense Route
Western China historicallyPartOf Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road
Eurasian Steppe partOf Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road network
Khanate of Bukhara importantFor Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road trade
Battle of Talas relatedTo Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road
Kushan Empire partOf Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road regions
Negev desert traversedBy Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Incense Route
Nishapur locatedOnRoute Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road
Fortress of the Lord partOf Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road network (regional trade routes)
Khyber District historicalRoute Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road corridor
Yazd wasImportantOn Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road
Turkmenabat locatedOn Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road corridor (historical)
Marco Polo narrativeSettingOfWork Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road
The Travels of Marco Polo setting Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road regions
Ferghana Valley traversedBy Silk Road routes
Herat locatedOn Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road
Anatolia traversedBy Silk Road routes
Mediterranean trade routes linked Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road
Alexandria Eschate associatedWith Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road
Parthian Empire partOf Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road
Tashkent partOf Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road
Wakhan Corridor usedHistoricallyFor Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road trade routes
Pax Mongolica hasMainRegion Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road
Pax Mongolica hasNotableRoute Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road
Afro-Eurasian desert belt influences Silk Road routes
Jiayuguan Pass associatedWith Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road