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100
Sogdian merchants begin trading on Silk Road
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200
Silk is woven to make cloths
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200
Buddhism spreads to China from India
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200
The Silk Road under China's control and route to the West now open
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400
Chinese princess smuggles silkworm eggs out of China
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500
Silkworms appear in Europe
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Feb 7, 1200
Silk Road trade prospers again under the Pax Mongolica
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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
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Claudius Ptolemy tries to map silk road
Year 1* -
The Silk Road is created
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Silk is made in china for the 1st time
3000 bc