Silk Road exchanges

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cultural exchange network historical phenomenon trade network transcontinental trade route system

Silk Road exchanges were extensive networks of trade and cultural interaction across Eurasia that facilitated the movement of goods, ideas, religions, and technologies between China and regions as far as Central Asia, the Middle East, and Europe.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cultural exchange network ⓘ historical phenomenon ⓘ trade network ⓘ transcontinental trade route system ⓘ
connects	Central Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ China NERFINISHED ⓘ India NERFINISHED ⓘ Persia NERFINISHED ⓘ the Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ the Islamic world ⓘ the Levant NERFINISHED ⓘ the Mongol Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ the Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
declineFactors	political fragmentation in Central Asia ⓘ rise of maritime trade routes ⓘ spread of plague ⓘ
enabledSpreadOf	Buddhism from India to China ⓘ Islam into Central Asia and China ⓘ art motifs across Eurasia ⓘ gunpowder technology from China to the West ⓘ paper-making technology from China to the West ⓘ silk weaving techniques ⓘ
facilitatedExchangeOf	artistic styles ⓘ carpets ⓘ disease pathogens ⓘ gems ⓘ glassware ⓘ gunpowder ⓘ horses ⓘ medical knowledge ⓘ paper ⓘ philosophical ideas ⓘ porcelain ⓘ precious metals ⓘ religious ideas ⓘ scientific knowledge ⓘ silk ⓘ slaves ⓘ spices ⓘ tea ⓘ technologies ⓘ textiles ⓘ
flourishedDuring	13th century ⓘ 1st millennium CE ⓘ
geographicScope	Central Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ East Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ Eurasia NERFINISHED ⓘ Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ Mediterranean region ⓘ Middle East NERFINISHED ⓘ South Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ
impact	cultural syncretism ⓘ diffusion of crops ⓘ integration of Eurasian economies ⓘ spread of epidemic diseases ⓘ urban growth along trade routes ⓘ
involvedGroup	Arab merchants ⓘ Mongol rulers NERFINISHED ⓘ Persian merchants ⓘ Sogdian merchants ⓘ Turkic nomads NERFINISHED ⓘ
involvedReligion	Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ Hinduism NERFINISHED ⓘ Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ Manichaeism NERFINISHED ⓘ Nestorian Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ Zoroastrianism NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorCity	Alexandria NERFINISHED ⓘ Antioch NERFINISHED ⓘ Baghdad NERFINISHED ⓘ Bukhara NERFINISHED ⓘ Chang'an NERFINISHED ⓘ Constantinople NERFINISHED ⓘ Damascus NERFINISHED ⓘ Dunhuang NERFINISHED ⓘ Kashgar NERFINISHED ⓘ Merv NERFINISHED ⓘ Samarkand NERFINISHED ⓘ Venice NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorCorridor	Fergana Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ Gansu Corridor NERFINISHED ⓘ Oxus River region NERFINISHED ⓘ Persian Gulf NERFINISHED ⓘ Red Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ Tarim Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalInfluence	Abbasid Caliphate NERFINISHED ⓘ Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Han dynasty China NERFINISHED ⓘ Mongol Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Tang dynasty China NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedConcept	Maritime Silk Road NERFINISHED ⓘ Silk Road NERFINISHED ⓘ cultural diffusion ⓘ trans-Eurasian trade ⓘ
routeType	maritime trade route ⓘ overland caravan route ⓘ
supportedBy	caravanserais ⓘ nomadic intermediaries ⓘ oases ⓘ
timePeriod	Han dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ Middle Ages ⓘ Song dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ Tang dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ Yuan dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ classical antiquity ⓘ

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