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Silk Road

Sometimes Silk Route

[silk rohd]

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noun

an ancient, 4,000-mile network of trade routes linking China with the Mediterranean Sea and the Indian subcontinent during the time of the Roman Empire, and later revived during the Middle Ages: named for the lucrative trade in silk from China to the West.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Silk Road¹

First recorded in 1895–1900

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The 35-year-old travelled through France, across the Alps and onto the ancient Silk Road from northern Italy to Turkey before crossing the Caucuses where he hit his first diplomatic hurdle.

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Trump issued another executive order pardoning Ross Ulbricht, the founder of the underground Silk Road marketplace fueled by cryptocurrency.

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Ross Ulbricht, who operated Silk Road, the deep web marketplace where illegal drugs were sold, and was active in the Libertarian movement, received a full and unconditional pardon.

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US President Donald Trump says he has signed a full and unconditional pardon for Ross Ulbricht, who operated Silk Road, the dark web marketplace where illegal drugs were sold.

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In Uzbekistan, a different research team provided great detail about a pair of 6th to 11th century cities on the Silk Road, Tashbulak and Tugunbulak, that had thrived before being lost to time.

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