Silk Road
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silk-road-182-13687800
title:
Silk Road
text:
The Silk Road was a network of Eurasian trade routes active from the second century BCE until the mid-15th century. Spanning over 6,400 km (4,000 mi), it played a central role in facilitating economic, cultural, political, and religious interactions between the Eastern and Western worlds. The name "Silk Road" was first coined in the late 19th century, but some 20th- and 21st-century historians instead prefer the term Silk Routes, on the grounds that it more accurately describes the intricate web
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Historical network of Eurasian trade routes
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silk_Road
date created:
2002-05-30T20:16:31Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T15:03:14Z
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