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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Turkestan historicallyAssociatedWith Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road
Almaliq partOf Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road
Almaliq tradeRoute Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road
Tarmashirin areaOfInfluence Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road regions of Central Asia
Kesh linkedTo Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road network
Otrar locatedOn Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road
Otrar onTradeRoute Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road
Samarkand Region locatedOn Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: historical Silk Road
Afrasiab archaeological site partOf Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road network
Kas partOfRoute Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road network
Akhsikent partOf Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road
Akhsikent connectedTo Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road caravan trade
Blue Horde uses Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road trade routes
Temüjin influenced Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Eurasian trade routes
Karakorum onTradeRoute Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road network
Sarai onTradeRoute Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road network
Sarai Batu partOfTradeRoute Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road network
Jincheng partOf Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road network
Valley of the Tombs associatedWith Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road trade network
Roman theatre of Palmyra associatedWith Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road
Hecatompylos locatedOnRoute Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road
Great Wall region relatedTo Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road corridors
Turfan manuscripts relatedTo Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road
Ribat-i Sharaf locatedOnRoute Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road
Jiayuguan City associatedWith Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road in China
Hexi Corridor partOf Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road
First and Greatest Pass under Heaven relatedTo Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road
Tana connectedTo Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road trade routes
Jiuquan historicallyOn Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road
Gyaur Kala associatedWith Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road
Sultan Kala locatedOn Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road
Margush partOf Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road network
Marv partOf Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road
Yumen Pass partOf Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road
Askhab Mausoleums heritageContext Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road
Yarkand Khanate partOf Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road
Yarkand Khanate economyBasedOn Silk Road routes
this entity surface form: Silk Road trade