The World, Explained · 45 sec
Silk Road
A small piece of context that makes the wider world easier to read.
The useful idea
- A long-lived network
active from the second century BCE until the mid-15th century.
- Continental scale
Spanning over 6,400 km (4,000 mi) on land
- East met West
facilitating economic, cultural, political, and religious interactions between the Eastern and Western worlds.
Why this matters
Use Silk Road as context when interpreting events and claims about the world.
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Use Silk Road as context when interpreting events and claims about the world.
Test your recall
Which idea belongs to the explanation of Silk Road?
- Continental scale
- A long-lived network — correct
- East met West
active from the second century BCE until the mid-15th century.