The invention of ships and a silk road by sea declined the Silk Road.
The decline of the silk road route
The first man to travel the Silk Road was Zhang Qian
I believe it was to Rome.
no, the silk road was NOT covered with silk The "Silk Road" was the "road" which silk traveled from Asia to Europe.
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.
The Silk road is NOT a road system, rather it is a trade route that spans across the Asia Continent.
The eastern silk road is mostly desert and the western silk road is mostly mountains
the silk road
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.
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.
Well, first of all, in the silk road they used it as trade routes and they had to make a road in the ground.
The silk road was created by china's first emperor, Shi Huangdi.