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It never really did, it just changed. It was a trade route (not really a road) across Asia that was used to deliver goods from the East. By the time the goods got to the West the prices were inflated hundreds of times. Eventually, the Portugese found a maritime route around Africa and got the goods basically first hand and changed the road that way. Colombus tried to go straight around the world to make a route although something blocked his path. Anyhoo, the rest is history--we're trading all over the place.
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∙ 16y ago
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∙ 11y agoThe Silk road was never destroyed. the last famous person to travel this road was Marco polo on his exploration of Mongol china in the 1200s. but it is fare to say that the 1200s the silk road was past its hey day. the 700's and 800s AD were probably coinsidered to be the heyday of this imporartant trading network. although the first use of this road was in the Roman Empire days of about 100 AD but after the Caravel ship was invented in the 1300s the Silk road fell into the most dis-use in all its centuries. its not like it was ever a highly organized road. it was not paved or marked with mile markers or anything like you would find with the Appian way . the silk road is what historians call this informal land contacts between european cultures and the chinese cultures over 1200 years from 100 to 1300 AD
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∙ 12y agoDuring the Han Dynasty under the rule of Emperor Wudi.
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∙ 13y agothe silk road was not being used any more because cheese overcame it
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∙ 13y agoTrade along the silk road began as early as 100 B.C.
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∙ 12y agothey used it between 1500 b.c to 1600 b.c
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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.
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.
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.
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
What kind of people traded on the silk road?
The merchants traded silk on the silk road
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.
Where did the silk road begins and end?
The silk road began in China at the South China Sea and ended at the Mediterranean Sea.
Where did the silk road that began in the china end?
The Silk Road and TradeThe Silk Road stretched for thousands of miles from the Han capitol through the deserts of central Asia to the Mediterranean Sea. They connected china and earth.
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.
Where does the silk road start and end?
It started in china and ended in Europe.
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
Did Marco Polo go to China on the silk road?
Yes, he went to lots of places and he made new friends but at the end he still made it to the Silk Road.
Where did the silk begin and end?
The silk road began in China at the South China Sea and ended at the Mediterranean Sea.
What brought an end to the dominance of the silk road?
The thing that brought an end to it was the Black Plauge. I guess!
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.
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.
Where was the eastern end of the silk road?
The Silk Route was a series of routes covering more than 4,000 miles.
