Meaning & use
Silk Road
The ancient network of trade routes connecting China to the Mediterranean, used for exchanging goods and ideas.
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Merchants traveling the Silk Road carried silk, spices, and paper between Asia and Europe.
Buddhism spread into China partly through contact along the Silk Road.
A note on using this word
Capitalize both words; the term also names a later online black market, unrelated to the historical trade routes.
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