"The Silk Road was and is a network of trade routes connecting the East and West; from the 2nd century BCE to the 18th century CE ...
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it was central to the economic, cultural, political, and religious interactions between these regions. “The Silk Road” usually refers to certain land routes, but it may also refer to sea routes that connect East Asia and Southeast Asia with South Asia, Persia, the Arabian Peninsula, the Near East, East Africa & Southern Europe.
The Silk Road derives its name from the lucrative trade in silk that was carried out along its length beginning during the Han dynasty in China (207 BCE–220 CE). Around 114 BCE, the Han dynasty expanded the Central Asian sections of the Silk Road trade routes. The expansion was partly led by the missions and explorations of China’s imperial envoy, Zhang Qian, and partly accomplished through a series of military conquests. The Chinese took great interest in ensuring the security of the products they traded; they extended the Great Wall of China to protect the trade route." - (en.wikipedia.org 07.09.2021)
