Silk Road Timeline By k0mbine 100 Sogdian merchants begin trading on Silk Road 200 Silk is woven to make cloths 200 Buddhism spreads to China from India 200 The Silk Road under China's control and route to the West now open 400 Chinese princess smuggles silkworm eggs out of China 500 Silkworms appear in Europe Feb 7, 1200 Silk Road trade prospers again under the Pax Mongolica Feb 7, 1271 Marco Polo visits China Gets the idea of silk Feb 7, 1400 Ming Dynasty stops trading silk outside of China Results in having no silk on the road. Feb 7, 1499 Silk Road goes down Sea Trade goes up Feb 7, 1901 Claudius Ptolemy tries to map silk road Year 1* Mar 2, 2022 The Silk Road is created Feb 7, 3000 Silk is made in china for the 1st time 3000 bc