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The main trade route that connected China with Rome was called what?
The trade route that connected China to Rome was called the Silk Road.
Did trade routes linked China with the Middle East and Rome?
Yes. This was the Silk Road.
What road connected ancient china with the roman empire and later empires east and west?
silk road The trade routes that connected China to Rome and other parts of Europe were collectively called "the Silk Road" after one of the most valuable products that came from China along those trade routes. The German terms "Seidenstraße" and "Seidenstraßen"- 'the Silk Road(s)' or 'Silk Route(s) were first used in 1877 by a German geographer, Baron Ferdinand von Richtofen, who made several expeditions to China. The English term "The Silk Road" has come into general use but it is something of a misnomer; there was not just one route, rather there were several routes that might combine portions of land routes and water routes. Also, they incorporated trade routes to other areas of Asia including Southeast Asia and the "Spice Islands" in the area we now know as Indonesia. Usually these routes passed through other important trade cities along the way so they were not just trade between China and Europe; they traded goods all along the way.
What were achievements of Augustus Caesar?
expanding the empire and extending trade routes to India and China. Also restoring peace and order to Rome.
What are some trade routes in rome?
rivers
Why did Rome have to take over Carthage's trade routes why couldn't they just create their own?
Rome was not after trade routes, the Punic Wars were a struggle for dominance of the Western Mediterranean.
What is the difference between trade routes in ancient Greece and Rome compared to today's routes?
Trade routes in ancient Greece and Rome were walked by people with beasts of burden. Today we have airplanes, ships, railroads, and trucks that can go much faster.
What are three good things about silk road?
It created the main trade route that connected Rome to China and introduced new religions (Buddhism) and allowed new foods to come to China (grapes).
Old silk road?
Around 100 BC there was an overland trade route that meandered through China to Alexandria and Rome. These were the routes that would be used to carry precious silk fabric.
What did rome trade china for silk?
Sik and paper
What connected China to cultures as far away as Rome?
Silk road
What linked china with the Middle East and Rome?
The SILK ROAD across Central Asia, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe connected China with Rome.
