The Silk Road (100 BC - 500 CE)

The Silk Road (100 BC - 500 CE) Silk is one of the most ancient commodities that was traded along the Silk Road, and is still used in most every part of the world. The Silk Road carried very significant products that most humans in the present day cannot live without. This combination of trade routes connected cultures and highlighted ways in which the many cultures of Europe and Asia were brought closer together through creative commercial …

…Road. As the Chinese continued their trade via the Silk Road, they came across civilizations of which they had been oblivious till that day. With trade routes that crisscrossed Asia and Europe--from the Pacific Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea--the historic Silk Road linked diverse cultures and people. It also promoted the extraordinary exchange of ideas, art, music, science, commerce, inventions, and innovations. Therefore, the Silk Road is known as "Connecting Cultures, Creating Trust." ------------------------------------------------------------------------Shehnaz Haqqani