The Silk Road

The silk road, which is famous all over the world, is a series of routes connecting western countries and eastern countries. The silk road extends more than 6000 kilometers and is named for the silk traded along it from ancient China. Trade ialong the silk road played an important role in the development of culture in China, South Asia, Europe and the Middle East. Through the silk road, four inventions including papermaking, gunpowder, printing and the compass were spread from China around the world. At the same time, Chinese silks, teas and porcelains were also spread to the whole world. The cultural exchange was two-way because some countries in Europe exported their many commodities and plants to China satisfying the local market demand.

The Silk Road

The Silk Road, which is famous around the world, was a series of routes connecting western countries and eastern countries. Otherwise The silk road extended over more than 6000 kilometers and is known for (an alternative: so called because of) the trade in silks from ancient China. Besides the trade in the silk, the Silk Road played an important role in the development of culture in China, South Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. Through the silk road, four inventions including papermaking, gunpowder, printing, and compass, which were invented in China, were spread around the world. At the same time, Chinese silks, teas, and porcelains were also spread (introduced) to the whole world. Actually, the meeting of cultures (collision is pejorative: it means something bad happened) was a two-way process, because some countries in Europe exported their many commodities and crops to China, satisfying the local market/local demand.

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