justify the title'silk-road
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The title of the chapter ‘Silk Road’ has been opted because the road that the author travelled on in Tibet while going towards Mount Kailash, was part of important network of roads used in ancient times to do trades. This network connected East Asia with Southeast Asia, east Africa, west Asia, and Southern Europe. It is called Silk Road because in those times silk trade was carried out using these routes. China was famous for its silk; the Chinese traders exported silk made in their countries to other countries through these routes.
The ‘Silk Road’ is not single highway, but a net work of overland routes linking Europe with Asia, making trade possible between those with a passion for silk, horses and exotic fauna and flora. Just about every transaction imaginable has occurred along its many trails over the centuries. Travelling the Silk Road is the most resonant journey on Earth. It’s a thread that links East and West, a network of veins that pumped new lifeblood into mighty empires, a fabled route trodden by innumerable adventurers through the ages.