Caption

The Silk Road and Other Eurasian Routes in Greco-Roman Times

Summary

Map shows Main Silk Routes, Indian Grand Road, and Eurasian Steppe Route. It additionally indicates Main Connecting Land and Sea Routes, the Fortified Wall, and several passes.

The Silk Road was a main route for the export and import of medicinal products and spices, as well as silk, particularly during Greco-Roman times.

Source

To the Ends of the Earth: The Great Travel and Trade Routes of Human History (p. 376)

Facts on File Publications, New York and Oxford, 1984.

Copyright

Irene M. Franck and David M. Brownstone.