The road was a network of ancient trade routes that were traveled throughout Asia. Silk began to be traded during the Han Dynasty, which was from about 207 BCE – 220 CE. Marco Polo (1254-1324) traveled farther into China and Mongolia than others during a 24 year trip. The term was first used by the German Ferdinand von Richthofen, who made seven expeditions to China from 1868 to 1872.
Imperial Rome and then Byzantine after Rome collapsed.
The Han dynasty
silk road
Both symbolized Chinese economic power and technology, though the Great Wall was built to prevent contact with hostile invaders while the Silk Road promoted trade with other cultures.
the chinese received silk precios metals and spices while on the silk road...... mabye
From the chinese who made the silk
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In simplified Chinese it is "丝绸之路" or "Sīchóu zhī lù"
I guess the Silk Road was what linked the Han Empire to the Roman Empire
they are linked because they both have to do with the empire
The royal road.
The Silk Road linked China to the Fertile Crescent in southwestern Asia. Which improved trading.
Rome was the capital city of the empire and the Romans had a massive road system. Ships also connected the Eastern to the Western sections.
The Aztecs are known to have had a well-developed road system that connected various parts of their empire to the capital city Tenochtitlan. The Inca Empire also had an extensive road network, known as the Inca Road, which linked the capital city of Cusco to other parts of their empire. The Maya civilization, however, did not have a centralized empire like the Aztecs or Incas, so they did not have a similar road system connecting various regions to a single capital city.
Roman Empire
The silk road has been called trans-Eurasian because it linked Europe and Asia. It linked China to the shores of the eastern Mediterranean (which were part of the Roman Empire) by crossing central Asia. The silk could also be shipped to Europe and to the rest of the Roman Empire from these shores. It enabled the Chinese to sell silk to rich people around the Roman Empire. Silk was so popular among the rich that the Roman state introduced a law aimed at reducing the level of its purchases.
The Silk Road was buily in the 1 century B.C. because the Roman Empire wanted to trade Chinese silk with the people of Chang'on.
The satrapies were linked by a 2,500-kilometer highway, the most impressive stretch being the Royal Road, built by command of Darius I. Royal inspectors, the "eyes and ears of the king", toured the empire and reported on local conditions.
Yes.The road cannot be linked due to the span of water being too large to bridge.If "road transportation" is a truck, then it can be linked using ships. A truck is road transportation even when it is sitting on a ship.
Because one of the most valuable commodities traded along the Silk Road was Chinese silk.