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The Silk RoadAncient trade route that linked China with Europe.Originally a caravan route and used from с 100 BC, the 4,000-mi (6,400-km) road started in Xi'an, China, followed the Great Wall to the northwest, climbed the Pamir Mtns., crossed Afghanistan, and went on to the eastern Mediterranean Sea, where goods were taken by boat to Rome. Silk was carried westward, while wool, gold, and silver were carried eastward. With the fall of Rome, the route became unsafe; it was revived under the Mongols, and Marco Polo used it in the 13th century.
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Silk Road (the Silk RoaD. Originated in the 1st century BC, is an international trade route has important historical significance. Since a large proportion of silk in this line of business in 1877, the famous German geographer Ferdinand South von Richthofen (Ferdinand vonRichthofen) will be named the "Silk Road." It is not only an ancient international trade routes, is also connected to China, India, Persia (Persia, Greece and Rome in a splendid country The cultural bridge. China's four great inventions
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