| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:bus_route 
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                                | gptkbp:activePeriod | 2nd century BCE 15th century CE
 
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                                | gptkbp:connects | gptkb:Arabian_Peninsula gptkb:China
 gptkb:Europe
 gptkb:India
 gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
 gptkb:Persia
 
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                                | gptkbp:declinedAfter | gptkb:fall_of_Mongol_Empire political instability
 rise of maritime trade
 Ottoman Empire restrictions
 
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                                | gptkbp:famousTraveler | gptkb:Xuanzang gptkb:Marco_Polo
 gptkb:Ibn_Battuta
 gptkb:Zhang_Qian
 
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                                | gptkbp:influencedBy | gptkb:Ottoman_Empire gptkb:Roman_Empire
 gptkb:Han_dynasty
 gptkb:Sassanid_Empire
 gptkb:Genghis_Khan
 gptkb:Mongol_Empire
 gptkb:Parthian_Empire
 gptkb:Tang_dynasty
 gptkb:Kushan_Empire
 Byzantine Empire
 
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                                | gptkbp:locatedIn | gptkb:Africa gptkb:Asia
 gptkb:Europe
 
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                                | gptkbp:maritimeRouteKnownAs | gptkb:Maritime_Silk_Road 
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                                | gptkbp:modernRevival | gptkb:Belt_and_Road_Initiative 
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                                | gptkbp:notableCity | gptkb:Alexandria gptkb:Baghdad
 gptkb:Basra
 gptkb:Beijing
 gptkb:Cairo
 gptkb:Constantinople
 gptkb:Damascus
 gptkb:Istanbul
 gptkb:Jerusalem
 gptkb:Samarra
 gptkb:Tashkent
 gptkb:Tehran
 gptkb:Venice
 gptkb:Kashgar
 gptkb:Turpan
 gptkb:Antioch
 gptkb:Nishapur
 gptkb:Delhi
 gptkb:Isfahan
 gptkb:Lhasa
 gptkb:Luoyang
 gptkb:Merv
 gptkb:Quanzhou
 gptkb:Shiraz
 gptkb:Xi'an
 gptkb:Damghan
 gptkb:Turfan
 gptkb:Hormuz
 gptkb:Khotan
 gptkb:Dunhuang
 gptkb:Yazd
 Aleppo
 Bukhara
 Herat
 Mosul
 Samarkand
 Tyre
 
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                                | gptkbp:product | gptkb:café gptkb:ceramics
 gptkb:glass
 gptkb:jewelry
 gptkb:newspaper
 gptkb:silk
 animals
 ivory
 textiles
 carpets
 fruits
 horses
 spices
 slaves
 dyes
 gunpowder
 precious metals
 
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                                | gptkbp:roadType | maritime overland
 
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                                | gptkbp:spreadDisease | gptkb:Black_Death 
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                                | gptkbp:spreadReligion | gptkb:Buddhism gptkb:Christianity
 gptkb:Islam
 gptkb:Manichaeism
 gptkb:Zoroastrianism
 
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                                | gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite | gptkb:Silk_Roads:_the_Routes_Network_of_Chang'an-Tianshan_Corridor 
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                                | gptkbp:usedFor | gptkb:cultural_exchange trade
 spread of religion
 spread of technology
 spread of disease
 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:Pingyao_Ancient_City 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 7 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | Silk Road (historical) 
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