Silk Roads By BlakeG0826 Period: 206 BCE to 220 Han Empire Interrupted by the rule of Wang Mang, 9-23 CE 200 BCE Monsoon Winds Mastered C. 2nd Century BCE Period: 200 BCE to 1000 Spread of Buddhism and Hinduism Period: 120 BCE to 1500 Use of the Silk Roads Still widely used nearly 1000 years after establishment Period: 102 BCE to 98 BCE Han Wudi's Campaign against the Xiongnu Period: 27 BCE to 476 Roman Empire Period: 200 to 600 Disease Outbreak in the Roman/Han Empires 220 Fall of the Han Dynasty 476 Fall of the Western Roman Empire