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

  • Claudius Ptolemy tries to map silk road

    Year 1*

  • The Silk Road is created

  • Silk is made in china for the 1st time

    3000 bc

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