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The Silk Road (or "roads", to be exact, since there were many routes traveled) probably first started to be used for trading at least 2500 years ago. It's important to realize that traders would usually move relatively small distances, and that goods were transferred from one trader t another as they moved east and west. Very rarely did one caravan, for example, traverse the entire route. The silk road ran from western China, across Central Asia, and ended at the Mediterranean port cities of the Middle East, where most goods were loaded on to ships for further passage to Roman and Greek lands.
The term "Silk Road" was actually first used by the German geographer Ferdinand Von Richtofen in the 1870s.
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What city does the silk road does the silk road route start?
Chang'an,China.... :)
Where did the silk road start?
Xi'an
Where does the Silk Road start?
Xian (Chang'an) in China.
Was the silk road covered with silk?
no, the silk road was NOT covered with silk The "Silk Road" was the "road" which silk traveled from Asia to Europe.
Was the silk road smooth?
No the Silk Road was not smooth. The Silk road was actually a road that was used for trading. The main item traded along the Silk Road was silk that is why it is called the silk road.
What is the difference between the eastern silk road and the western silk road?
The eastern silk road is mostly desert and the western silk road is mostly mountains
What is the absolute location for the silk road?
start from China to somewhere in Asia
Where does the silk road start and end?
It started in china and ended in Europe.
Why was the silk road called road if there was no actual road?
The Silk Road was a route not a road and it wasn't made of Silk either. You can always call it the Silk Route.
Was the Silk Road one continuous road or a series of routes?
The Silk Road was a series of routes that came off of the main Silk Road. The Silk Road consisted of the main Silk Road, minor routes and sea routes which were used later in the Silk Road's history, when the Silk Road became dangerous.
What invention first declined the silk road?
The invention of ships and a silk road by sea declined the Silk Road.
What did Paris use the silk road for?
Paris was not part of the silk road the last stop in the Silk Road was Rome.
