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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Predicate Object
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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Dunhuang historicalRegion Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road
Dunhuang partOf Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an–Tianshan Corridor
Merv partOf Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road
Steppe Road comparedTo Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road
Iberia (ancient kingdom) associatedWith Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road trade routes
Ghizer Valley knownFor Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road corridor
Greco-Bactrian Kingdom tradeRoute Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road
Quanzhou historicalTradeNetwork Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Maritime Silk Road
ancient India tradeRoute Silk Road routes
subject surface form: Ancient India
this entity surface form: Silk Road
Caravanserai locatedOn Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road
Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara relatedTo Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang’an-Tianshan Corridor (through cultural exchanges)
Gansu Province traversedBy Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road
Gansu Province knownFor Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road corridor
Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region hasHeritage Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road trading routes
Ili River historicalUse Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road corridor
Port of Shenzhen partOf Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Maritime Silk Road
Persia historicalTradeRoute Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road
Balkh majorTradeCenterIn Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road
Sogdians tradeRoute Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road
Kingdom of Kucha onTradeRoute Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road
Shanshan partOf Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road
Serindia subject Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road
Ruins of Desert Cathay subject Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road
Mogao Caves locatedOn Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road
Saka geographicContext Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road
Kingdom of Khotan partOf Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road network
Innermost Asia mainSubject Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road
Innermost Asia usedIn Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road studies
Port of Xiamen partOf Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Maritime Silk Road
Bactrians associatedWith Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road
Loulan locatedOnRoute Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road
Loulan connectedBy Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road caravan routes
Kitaro notableWork Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road
Bamyan Province historicalSignificance Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road corridor
Taklamakan Desert traversedBy Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road
Hotan historicalRegion Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Southern Silk Road
Hotan onTradeRoute Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road
Turpan historicalRegion Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road
Xijing associatedWith Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road
Ryukyu Kingdom partOf Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Maritime Silk Road
Bamiyan Buddhas associatedWith Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road
Mongol Empire tradeRoute Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road
Port of Qingdao partOf Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Maritime Silk Road
Kuqa historicalRegion Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road
Kuqa partOf Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: ancient Silk Road northern route
Aksu onRoute Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: historic Silk Road
Port of Guangzhou partOf Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Maritime Silk Road
Chang'an partOf Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road
Sogdian alphabet usedAlong Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road
Uyghur Khaganate tradeRoute Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road