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  • Group of dromedaries beside a road in an arid Iranian landscape

    Was the Silk Road Really a Single Route?

    The Silk Road was not one continuous highway between China and Europe, but a shifting network of roads, ports, cities and merchants connecting much of Eurasia.

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