What is the name of the Silk Road in China?

Silk route
Silk Road, also called the Silk Route, ancient trade route connecting China with the West that transported goods and ideas between the two great civilizations of Rome and China. Silk went west and wool, gold and silver went east.

Why did the Chinese call it the Silk Road?

The Silk Road takes its name from the lucrative trade in silk that was conducted along its length beginning during the Han Dynasty of China (207 BCE-220 CE). The Chinese were very interested in ensuring the safety of the products they traded; they extended the Great Wall to protect the trade route.

Is it the Silk Road or the Silk Roads?

The Silk Road was not a single route from east to west, and so historians prefer the name 'Silk Road', although 'Silk Road' is commonly used. The European explorer Marco Polo (l. 1254–1324 AD) traveled these routes and described them in depth in his famous work, but he is not credited with naming them.

What is another word for the Silk Road?

What is another word for silk road?

What were the problems with the Silk Road?

There were a few difficulties in traveling the Silk Road. First, the geography of the route was sometimes difficult. Animals could slide off cliffs and mountain passages were very narrow and dangerous to pass through.

What is another word for silk?

synonyms for silk

• fiber.
• taffeta.
• thread.
• hush
• mantua.
• summit.
• tussah.
• tussore

In the Han Dynasty, the ancient road originated from the historical capital Chang'an (now Xi'an). This Chinese trade route ran through Gansu Province via Tianshui, Lanzhou, Wuwei, Zhangye, Jiuquan, Jiayuguan (an important military garrison and barrier of the Great Wall) and Dunhuang along the Hexi Corridor.

The old road has been the driving force behind a United Nations plan for a trans-Asian highway, and a rail counterpart to the road has been proposed by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP).

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What was the most important export of the Silk Road?

Besides material goods, religion was one of the West's biggest exports along the Silk Road. Early Assyrian Christians took their faith to Central Asia and China, while merchants from the Indian subcontinent exposed China to Buddhism. The disease also traveled along the Silk Road.