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 region
linked to: Mediterranean Basin

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
Indian subcontinent
linked to: South Asia

Mediterranean Sea
Persian Empire
linked to: Persians

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
Nestorian Christianity
linked to: Nestorianism

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

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
linked to: Silk Road routes

Silk Routes
linked to: Silk Road routes
locatedIn Eurasia
majorCityOnRoute Aleppo
Antioch
Baghdad
Bukhara
linked to: Bukhara, Uzbekistan

Chang'an
linked to: X’ian, China

Constantinople
linked to: Istanbul

Damascus
Dunhuang
Herat
Kashgar
Lanzhou
Merv
Nishapur
Palmyra
linked to: Palmyrene region

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

Iranian Plateau
linked to: Iranian plateau

Levant
linked to: Levant region

Pamir Mountains
Taklamakan Desert
linked to: Tarim Basin

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