Silk Road
Silk Road, often referred to as Silk Road, the word first from the German empire geographer Ferdinand von Lee Hehoff in 1877 published "China - my travel results." Silk Road is usually referred to the northern business routes in Europe and Asia, and the South of the Tea Horse Road in contrast to the Western Han Dynasty Zhang Qian to Changan as the starting point and the Eastern Han Dynasty class to open up the Western Regions to Luoyang as a starting point, the Central Plains, Guanzhong Plain, The Hexi Corridor, the Tarim Basin, the Central Asian River region between the Silk River and the Wuhu River, the Great Iran, and the landways of the Mediterranean countries. This road is also known as the "Land Silk Road" to distinguish between two other routes heading for the name "Silk Road". Because by this road west transport of goods to the greatest impact of silk products, so this name. The basic direction is scheduled for the Han Dynasty, including the South Road, Middle Road, North Road three routes. ...