Silk Road

Sometimes Silk Route

[silk rohd]

noun

1. an ancient, 4,000-mile network of trade routes linking China with the Mediterranean Sea and the Indian subcontinent during the time of the Roman Empire, and later revived during the Middle Ages: named for the lucrative trade in silk from China to the West.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Silk Road¹

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

But, on the Silk Road for centuries, it is attempting to revive its historic role as a trading hub.

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Located along the Silk Road, which fuelled trade between the East and West for centuries, some of its towns are packed with history.

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On the receiving end: China’s port of Beihai, a city famed for its picturesque beaches that once served as a key stop along the ancient Maritime Silk Road.

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After centuries of silence, vampires reappeared at the other end of the Silk Road, in the eastern Roman Empire, in accounts of dead women who preyed upon the living.

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The president pardoned Ross Ulbricht, the founder of the Silk Road online drug bazaar.

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