![]() ![]() This new "Age of Discovery" saw Columbus head West to America (1492) and Vasco de Gama head East to the Spice Islands (1497) - starting a whole new story of European Empire-building. The closure of the Silk Roads forced European explorers to find new sea routes to replace over-land trade. The Silk Roads ended in AD 1453, when the Ottoman Empire of Turkey conquered Constantinople, drove out its Roman occupiers, and stopped trading with the West. A negative impact was the spread of diseases such as the bubonic plague that spread across Central Asia into China and resulted in the Black Death in Europe. All along the trade routes, gold was a common form of money for trading. In return the West provided products like wine, glass, olive oil and silver. Goods such as the magnetic compass, silk, gunpowder and ceramics were traded from Chinese cities to the west. Soon, a sophisticated network of routes spread goods, ideas and religions around the civilized world, changing it forever. The Parthians in turn began trading this silk with the Roman Empire (Italy) for wine. They began in 130BC when the Han Empire (China) began selling silk to the Parthian Empire (Iran) in return for horses. The Silk Roads are the most famous long-distance trade route in the ancient world. Unknown – Ecbatana (located in either modern Iran or Syria), Jiaohei.In your history lessons, you previously learned about the Silk Roads and why they were so important.Southeast Asia – Kattigara ( Oc Eo), Thaton, Trang.Red Sea – Adulis, Aualites, Berenica, Malao, ancient Berbera, Muza, Myos Hormos, Ocalis, Ptolemais Theron.Persian Gulf – Apologos, Asabon, Charax, Gerrha (or Gerra), Ommana.Persia – Alexandria Areion, Kandahar, Persepolis.Pakistan – Barbaricum, Peshawer, Taxilla.India – Argaru, Astakapra, Bacare, Balita, Barake, Byzantion, Colchi, Erannoboas, Horaia, Kalliena, Mandagora, Melizeigara, Muziris, korkai, Poompuhar, Naura, Nelcynda, Paethana ( Paithan), Palaepatmae, Palaesimundu, Poduca, Semylla, Sopatma, Suppara ( Nalasopara), Tagara, Tymdis.Europe – Aquileia, Athens, Augusta Treverorum ( Trier), Gades ( Cadiz), Ostia.China – Cattigara, Chengdu, Kaifeng, Kitai, Kunming, Yarkand.Arabia – Cane, Eudaemon Arabia, Mocha, Mosylon, Sanaʽa, Zafār (Saphar), Saue.North Africa – Caesarea, Carthage, Cyrene, Leptis Magna, Murzuk, Sijilmassa, Tamanrasset, Tingis.East Africa – Akhmim, Aromaton Emporion, Axum, Coloe, Dongola, Juba, Maji, Opone, Panopolis, Sarapion, Sennar.Nevertheless, Ptolemy has provided an important historical reference for researchers. Some of the cities provided by Ptolemy either: no longer exist today or have moved to different locations. ![]() Most of the names are included in Geographia. All city names are Ptolemy's, throughout all his works. This following list is attributed to Ptolemy. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cities along the Silk Road. Yumen Pass (or Jade Gate or Pass of the Jade Gate) (city called Yumenguan or Hecang)Ĭhina: The southern route along the Taklamakan Desert Ĭhina: From Anxi/Dunhuang to Chang'an (Xi'an) The ruins of a Han dynasty (202 BC – 220 AD) Chinese watchtower made of rammed earth at Dunhuang, Gansu province, the eastern edge of the Silk RoadĪlong the Indian Ocean trade routes.The chain of cities along the northern route along the Taklamakan, probably based on Bento de Góis's itinerary, from Hiarcan (Yarkand) to Cialis (Karasahr or Korla) to Sucieu (Suzhou, Gansu) China: The northern route along the Taklamakan Desert Map of eastern Xinjiang with prehistoric sites and the courses of the Folke Bergman, 1939 Hazrat-e Turkestan The Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasavi in the town of Hazrat-e Turkestan.Urgench Ruins of Muhammad II's palace in Old Urgench.Constantinople, ancient Byzantium, (now Istanbul).The Silk Roads across the Middle East and Western Asia Major cities, broadly from the eastern Mediterranean to South Asia, and arranged roughly west to east in each area by modern-day country ![]() The Silk Road started about the time of the Han dynasty, when Emperor Wu was ruling. The Silk Road's eastern end is in present-day China, and its main western end is Antioch. The Silk Road was a network of ancient trade routes which connected Europe with China, spanning from the Mediterranean Sea to the Korean Peninsula and Japan. This articles lists cities located along the Silk Road. ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) ( March 2021) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Please help improve this article if you can. The specific problem is: the "In Southeast Asia" section is not organized into country groups, like other sections of the article. This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards. ![]()
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