Named historic overland trade routes and maritime shipping lanes whose significance lies chiefly in the goods and cultures that moved along them rather than in a single built structure. Belongs here: ancient and historic overland trade routes and maritime passages and sea lanes of lasting commercial or strategic significance. Does not belong here: a modern engineered road or canal considered as a built work, tracked as an infrastructure entity, or named passenger and airline services, grouped separately.
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1. Wikipedia: Silk Road
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This extension came around 130 BCE, with the embassies of the Han dynasty to Central Asia following the reports of the ambassador Zhang Qian.
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