Networking has always been an important part of trading. History reminds us that extensive routes, connected cities, towns and even countries have contributed to this. Silk routes were one of the interconnected ways that linked China to the Mediterranean, crossing through Central Asia, Persia and the Middle East.
It was active from the 2nd century BCE until the mid 15th century CE. It spanned over 6,400 kilometres. This route essentially served as an exchange point of culture, economy, polity, language and religious beliefs.
It gets its name from a German word ‘Seidenstraẞe’, which translates to Silk Road. The lucrative silk trade that facilitated along the Eurasian routes and North Africa has gifted this interconnection with this name. The term was popularised by the German geographer and traveller Ferdinand von Richthofen in 1877, but there is evidence of earlier usage of the....
