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   Silk Road

   The Silk Road extends from southern China to present day Brunei, Thailand, Malacca, Ceylon, India, Pakistan, the Philippines, Iran and Iraq. ... Thubron, C., The Silk Road to China (Hamlyn, 1989)
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   History of silk

   Its use was confined to China until the Silk Road opened at some point during the latter half of the first millennium BC. ... Silk began to be used for decorative means and also in less luxurious ways: musical instruments, fishing, and bow-making.
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   Silk

   A variety of wild silks have been known and used in China, South Asia, and Europe since early times, but the scale of production was always far smaller than that of cultivated silks. ... Silk Road
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   Silk Road Project

   At its height from the second century BCE until the 14th century, the Silk Road was a vast network of trade routes that connected China to the Mediterranean through Greater Iran.
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   Names of China

   Marco Polo described China specifically as Chin, which is the word used in Persian, the main lingua franca on his route through the Silk Road.
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   Tang Dynasty

   Although the Silk Road from China to the West was initially formulated during the reign of Emperor Wu of Han (141–87 BC), it was reopened by the Tang in 639 when Hou Junji (d. 643) conquered the West, and remained open for almost four decades. ... During the subsequent Song Dynasty, written sources mentioned the air conditioning rotary fan as even more widely used.
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   Industrial history of the People's Republic of China

   The earliest silk producer, China began exporting to West Asia and Europe around 20 BCE Ramie, a grass used to produce woven fabrics, fish lines, and fish nets, was first cultivated around 1000 BCE and is found in the southern provinces of Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan, Guangdong, and Guizhou, and Guangxi. ... Local road networks were extensive, but many were narrow and unpaved, and all were overcrowded with trucks, jeeps, buses, carts pulled by tractors and animals, bicycles, pedestrians, and grain laid out to dry by local farmers.
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   Mongol Empire

   Many merchants, messengers and travelers from China, the Middle East and Europe used the system. ... Silk Road
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   Silk Road transmission of art

   Some elements of western iconography were adopted from the East along the Silk Road. ... Glass was little used in China.
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    Silk Road (disambiguation)

    The Silk Road (or silk route), an interconnected series of routes connecting China with Asia Minor

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• Silk Road,
• History of silk,
• Silk,
• Silk Road Project,
• Names of China,
• Tang Dynasty,
• Industrial history of the People's Republic of China,
• Mongol Empire,
• Silk Road transmission of art,
• Silk Road (disambiguation)