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The trade routes across the Sahara Desert existed long before the establishment of the silk road. It was used by the Roman Empire and perhaps even earlier. The Silk Road that went from Bejing to Venice was established by Genghis Kahn. Earlier roads probably existed along parts of the way if not the entire way. It may have used the old Roman road that went from the Urals to Venice.

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