How did the Silk Road form?

Answer 1

The Silk Road is a modern term referring to a historical network of interlinking trade routes or the most known trading route of ancient Chinese civilization. It was a 7,000 mile trek and it had some sea routs interlinking with the trade routes. The flourish of Silk route not only had brought the precious price "silk" from China to the West but also established many other trades between goods.

Across the multiplicity of trades along the routes, silk was the most prominent products of all because it was used by Chinese as the basic currency to the neighbor countries of the North and West, a means of exchange. No overland route in the history of humanity has ever been surrounded by as much intrigue and mystique. Gun powder as the new war enforcer, was another commodity of the silk route.

The Romans discovered pieces of silk from some of the people they conquered. Silk quickly became popular in Rome. But it was scarce. The Romans wanted more silk. But they did not know who was making this wonderful material. Romans sent out parties of soldiers to follow the Silk Road, and find the source, the people who were making the silk. Most of the soldiers never returned. Those who did reported they could not find a way through the desert. They had to turn back.

It was incredibly dangerous to travel along the Silk Road. You faced desolate white-hot sand dunes in the desert, forbidding mountains, brutal winds, and poisonous snakes. There was one nice section, called the Gansu Corridor, a relatively fertile strip that ran along the base of one of the mountains. To reach this strip, you had to cross the desert or the mountains. And of course, there were always bandits and pirates.

Answer 2

the silk road developed because others wanted to fighgt so oj

Answer 3

they began to build way stations along it so more people could use it so the traffic increased

Answer 4

China encouraged trade after a general discovered large horses.

Answer 5

it didn't form it is just a road