The Silk Road or Silk Route was an ancient network of trade routes that were for centuries central to cultural interaction originally through regions of Eurasia connecting the East and West and stretching from the Korean peninsula and Japan to the Mediterranean Sea. The Silk Road concept refers to both the terrestrial and the maritime routes connecting Asia and Europe. The overland Steppe route stretching through the Eurasian steppe is considered the ancestor to the Silk Road. While the term is of modern coinage, the Silk Road derives its name from the lucrative trade in silk carried out along its length, beginning during the Han dynasty . The Han dynasty expanded Central Asian sections of the trade routes around 114 BCE, largely through missions and explorations of the Chinese imperial envoy, Zhang Qian. The Chinese took great interest in the safety of their trade products and extended the Great Wall of China to ensure the protection of the trade route. Trade on the Silk Road playe...

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00:02:29: Name
00:04:34: Chinese and Central Asian contacts
00:08:12: Persian Royal Road
00:08:52: Hellenistic era
00:10:30: Chinese exploration of Central Asia
00:19:10: Roman Empire
00:23:02: Byzantine Empire
00:26:50: Tang dynasty reopens the route
00:29:41: Medieval
00:33:20: Islamic era and the Silk Road
00:35:54: Mongol age
00:38:52: Decline and disintegration
00:39:58: New Silk Road
00:42:34: Routes
00:42:55: Northern route
00:44:37: Southern route
00:45:57: Southwestern route
00:48:02: Maritime route
00:48:59: Cultural exchanges
00:50:33: Transmission of Christianity
00:51:01: Transmission of Buddhism
00:57:13: Transmission of art
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