what was the silk route?
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The Silk Route was a trading route dating back to the second century B.C. By the fourteenth century A.D. It stretched across China, India, Persia, Arabia, Greece, and Italy from Asia to the Mediterranean. Due to the heavy silk trade that took place during that time, it was called the Silk Road.
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Silk Road, also called Silk Route, ancient trade route, linking China with the West, that carried goods and ideas between the two great civilizations of Rome and China. Silk went westward, and wools, gold, and silver went east. China also received Nestorian Christianity and Buddhism (from India) via the Silk Road.
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