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The Central Asian part of the trade route was expanded around 114 BCE by the Han Dynasty, largely through the missions and explorations of Zhang Qian as earlier trade across the continents had already existed. In the late Middle Ages, transcontinental trade over the land routes of the Silk Road declined as sea trade increased.
