The Maritime Silk Road was a network of sea lanes connecting Chinese ports to Southeast Asia, India, the Arabian Peninsula and East Africa, carrying silk, porcelain, spices and other goods for well over a thousand years. It complemented the overland Silk Road and has been invoked in recent decades as part of China's 21st Century Maritime Silk Road initiative. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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SignificanceSea-borne counterpart to the overland Silk Road, linking Chinese ports to Southeast Asia, India, Arabia and East Africa; invoked again as part of China's 21st Century Maritime Silk Road initiative. 1 Route TypeHistoric maritime trade route network 1 TerminiPorts of southern China to Southeast Asia, India, the Arabian Peninsula and East Africa 1 Operational Status Operational Status
Operational Status (category)Historic / Discontinued 1 Connections
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1. Wikipedia: Maritime Silk Road
WikipediaLead section, sentence dating the route from the 2nd century BCE
It began by the 2nd century BCE and flourished until the 15th century CE.
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In Group: Ancient Trade Routes, Lead sentence
The Maritime Silk Road or Maritime Silk Route is an ancient maritime trade route in the Indian Ocean and the Western Pacific that connected Southeast Asia, East Asia, the Indian subcontinent, the Arabian Peninsula, eastern Africa, and Europe.
Exemplifies: Maritime Transport, Lead sentence
The Maritime Silk Road or Maritime Silk Route is an ancient maritime trade route in the Indian Ocean and the Western Pacific that connected Southeast Asia, East Asia, the Indian subcontinent, the Arabian Peninsula, eastern Africa, and Europe.
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