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By Chinese Ambassador Zhang Qian on his way to Central Asia.
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Generals of the Han Dynasty defeated the Huns, making the Silk Road a safer place to walk.
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China breeds silk worms and produces silk.
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Chinese brainstorm different methods of transporting and trading silk.
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Ban Chao and Ban Yong supressed rebellions, ensuring safety along the silk road.
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The Sogdians create new methods of glass production.
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Silk worm farms appear in Europe.
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Silk road becomes more popular and accessable.
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Arabs conquer Spain and introduce more technology.
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Tang Dynasty fades and the Road's popularity goes with it.
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Italy aquires silk producing skills, expanding silk supply.
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A third route appears on the Road.
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China closes off from the outside world, including the Silk Road.
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China stops trade, and the Silk Roads popularity decreases.
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They stop trading silk on the Silk Road.
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Ferdinand von Richthofen, a German, named the road.
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The Chinese Dynasties come to an end.
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Kushan Empire and the Sogdians make an agreement to trade.
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North and South routes are created on the Road.
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China is introduced to Porcelain of Sogdians.
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Chinese invent gunpowder and trade it.