When was the Silk Road established?
The exact date of the Silk Road’s establishment cannot be perfectly pinpointed, but the Silk Road is believed to have started in the 2 BC century, though ironically did not start out as a trade route for silk (it wasn’t named the “Silk Road” until around the 17th century). The road extended from China to as far as Southern Europe, and reached into Arabia, Egypt, Somalia, Persia, India, and Java.
