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The Silk Road was a network of trade routes that started during the Han dynasty in Ancient China and lasted approximately from 200 BCE into the 15th century. These routes carried more than just silk! Travelers carried goods AND ideas from China all the way to Constantinople!
Did you know? CULTURAL DIFFUSION is the spread of culture between different groups. One of the groups completely assimilates (takes on) the other's culture. The trading along the Silk Road led to a cultural diffusion of Central Asia.