Question

explain any three importance of silk route

Answer 1

The Silk Route is a convenient name for the Trans Asia trade routes through which the trade of silk prospered.Silk route linked the world by means of trade and commerce relationships between various countries. Historians have found several silk routes in land and water, which connected Asia, Europe and North Africa. The trade and exchange dependent on the silk route between these countries. Therefore, it linked the world together.

Answer 2

• The silk route were a good example of vibrant pre modern trade and cultural link between distant parts of the world.

•  They were spread over land and sea knitting together vast regions of Asia and linking with Europe and Africa.

•  They existed since before the Christian Era and thrived almost till the 15th centuary.

•  Chinese pottery textiles and spices from India India travelled to Europe.

•  In return, precious metals, gold and silver flowed from Europe to Asia.