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The Silk Road stopped serving as a shipping route for silk about 1453, forcing Europeans to seek alternate trade routes and triggering the age of exploration (and ultimately the discovery of the New World).
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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
How wide is the silk road?
the silk road is approximately 6,437 kilometers and 4,000 miles
When was Silk Road Project created?
Silk Road Project was created in 1998.
What item was traded most in silk road?
The item most traded on the silk road was gold and silk.
How was the silk road useful?
The Silk Road was used to trade in Ancient China
Which emperor did close the Silk Road?
It was Mongol Empire in the Ming Dinstiy
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
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.
How wide is the silk road?
the silk road is approximately 6,437 kilometers and 4,000 miles
Did the mongols interfere with trade and close the Silk Road down?
The Mongols encouraged trade and protected the Silk Road from China to the Middle East. This made it cheaper and easier for caravans to transport goods from China.
Was the road of silk used to help make the Great Wall?
No, because the Great Wall of China is built on the mountains (or natural landscapes) so no. Also the Silk Road is not necessarily close to the Great Wall.
Why was zhang qian known as the father of the silk road?
because he is the father of the silk road. just kidding. because zhang qian discovered the silk road so every body calls him father of the silk road
