History glossary
Silk Roads
networks of land and sea routes linking East Asia, Central Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Europe.
- Category
- Trade network
- Region
- Afro-Eurasia
What it means
The Silk Roads were not one road but many routes used by merchants, pilgrims, diplomats, soldiers, and migrants. They carried silk, spices, horses, metals, religions, technologies, diseases, and ideas across Afro-Eurasia.
