UNESCO also offer an explanation to what exactly a Silk Road is.
Its definition is: “The Silk Roads are part of a vast region comprised of a network of maritime and land routes.
“They pass through South Asia and Southeast Asia, crossing the Central Asian subcontinent, the Russian steppes the Iranian and Anatolian plateaus and the Arabian Peninsula.
“They stretch across North Africa and Northeast Africa, from Tanzania to Morocco. Moreover, they extend through Eastern and Southern Europe, before linking France and Spain.”
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source: express.co.uk