Silk Road (cultural exchange)

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:bus_route
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Silk_Route
gptkbp:connects	gptkb:Central_Asia gptkb:Europe gptkb:Middle_East gptkb:South_Asia gptkb:East_Asia
gptkbp:declinedAfter	15th century CE rise of maritime trade routes
gptkbp:enables	trade cultural exchange spread of art spread of religions spread of technologies spread of ideas spread of languages
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Silk Road (cultural exchange)
gptkbp:influencedBy	gptkb:Roman_Empire gptkb:Han_dynasty gptkb:Byzantine_Empire gptkb:Mongol_Empire
gptkbp:mainPeriod	2nd century BCE to 15th century CE
gptkbp:majorCity	gptkb:Baghdad gptkb:Constantinople gptkb:Chang'an Samarkand
gptkbp:modernRevival	gptkb:Belt_and_Road_Initiative
gptkbp:namedFor	silk trade
gptkbp:notablePerson	gptkb:Xuanzang gptkb:Marco_Polo gptkb:Ibn_Battuta gptkb:Zhang_Qian
gptkbp:religionsSpread	gptkb:Buddhism gptkb:Christianity gptkb:Islam gptkb:Zoroastrianism
gptkbp:technologiesSpread	gptkb:navigation printing gunpowder papermaking
gptkbp:tradedOn	gptkb:ceramics gptkb:glass gptkb:newspaper gptkb:silk textiles horses spices precious metals
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite	yes
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Dazu_Rock_Carvings
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5