03-12-2017, 02:08 PM
(This post was last modified: 03-12-2017, 02:42 PM by Dan Howard.)
He doesn't really have to prove that there WASN'T a trade route. Those who support this myth have to provide evidence of its existence. IMO there isn't much except speculation. Some people use the term "silk road" as a shorthand for "trade between east and west regardless of how the items get transported and who handles them". The Persian Empire maintained a route known as the Royal Road that stretched from Susa to Sardis that some claim formed part of the silk road.
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