Meaning & use

Silk Road

proper noun·Academic

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.

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Capitalize both words; the term also names a later online black market, unrelated to the historical trade routes.

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