Question

what is the importance of silk route

Answer 1

(i) The silk routes are a good example of vibrant pre-modem trade and cultural links between the distant parts of the world.

(ii) The silk route was used by the Chinese traders to export silk to other countries.

(iii) These routes were used by traders to trade goods from one country to another.

(iv) Trade and cultural exchange always went hard in hand. Early Christian missionaries almost certainly travelled through this route to Asia, as did the early Muslim preachers, a few centuries later.

(v) These routes were also used to spread religions Buddhism emerged from eastern India to spread ir. several directions through intersecting points on the silk routes.

Answer 2

Silk route is very importance route Because silk was the major trade product which traveled on this road, it was named the Silk Road in1877 by Ferdinand von Richthofen – a well-known German geographer. This ancient route not only circulated goods, but also exchanged the splendid cultures of China, India, Persia, Arabia, Greek and Rome.

It went along the northern borders of China, India, and Persia and ended up in Eastern Europe near today's Turkey and the Mediterranean Sea. The Silk Road was important because it helped to generate trade and commerce between a number of different kingdoms and empires.