![]() ![]() In Europe it went between Israel, Lebanon, Egypt, Greece, Balkans, and Italy. It ran from South China, to the Philippines, Brunei, Siam, Malacca, Ceylon, India, Pakistan, and Iran. ![]() The sea route was also called the "Silk Road". From there Mediterranean trading ships took routes to Italy, and land routes went north through Byzantine Empire or south to North Africa. One branch went north of the Tibetan Plateau, and the other branch went south of it.Īfter the two parts rejoined, it went in an almost straight line west through mountains via Tabriz in north Iran and the north tip of the Syrian Desert to the Levant (Syria, Israel, Palestine). Then the part of the Silk Road on land split into two branches. The Silk Road first traveled west from northern China. Deals might be needed to get past difficult places. Goods would be traded on at every stopping-point. Probably no trader went the whole way along. Metals and jewels were certainly transported, and very likely slaves also. ![]() Chess pieces from northern India were brought to China and Persia. Some of the other things traded were porcelain and other types of pottery, food, wine, and spices. Because the traders came from many places, different ideas were brought to China, and China's ideas were taken to other places. Of course, many other things were also traded, even ideas. The first person who called it that was a German geographer in 1877. The term Silk Road is English for the German word "Seidenstraße". Trade on the Silk Road played a big part in the growth of the ancient cultures of China, Egypt, Mesopotamia, Persia, India, and Rome, and helped to make the beginning of today's world. Cities like Samarkand and Bukhara were built largely on the trade from the silk route. The Silk Road not only earned China a lot of money, but all along the route cities prospered and markets flourished. At the time, silk was only made in China, and it was a valuable material. It was called the Silk Road because silk was traded along it. This let China trade with the Middle East and the Mediterranean world. The Silk Road was a group of trade routes that went across Asia to the Mediterranean Sea. ![]()
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