03-27-2015, 02:36 PM
I'm sure the trade route existed prior to the Han, but I'm fairly sure that historians tend to begin calling this trade route "the Silk Road" after Han China had consolidated control of large portions of the route with their protectorates and commanderies and so on.
I don't think historians are denying overland trade links, they're just saying that it was risky and less common until the "Silk Road" was established.
I don't think historians are denying overland trade links, they're just saying that it was risky and less common until the "Silk Road" was established.
Nate Hanawalt
"Bonum commune communitatis"
"Bonum commune communitatis"
