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Welcome
To The Silk Road
The Silk Road is a Chinese restaurant and an
oriental art and crafts store which is located in the beautiful Lake District.
We offer a wide range of Chinese Craft & Art
Products, Chinese Paper & Silk Fans,
Chinese Knots, Chinese Embroidery, Framed Chinese
Embroidery and Art, Chinese Tea Sets,
Teapots & Tables, Chinese Kites, Chinese
Bookmarks, Chinese Pouches, Chinese Tie Dye
Wall Hangings and Large Selection of Chinese
Wood Carvings and Furniture.
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About The Silk Route - From
Wikipedia
The Silk Road, or Silk Route, is a series of
trade and cultural transmission routes that
were central to cultural interaction through
regions of the Asian continent connecting East
and West Asia by linking traders, merchants,
pilgrims, monks, soldiers, nomads and urban
dwellers from China to the Mediterranean Sea
during various periods of time. The trade
route was initiated around 114 BC by the Han
Dynasty, largely through the missions and
explorations of Zhang Qianalthough earlier
trade across the continents had already
existed.
Geographically, the Silk Road or Silk Route is
an interconnected series of ancient trade
routes connecting Chang'an (today's Xi'an). It
was used to transport silk to the world plus
to be a great source of information with
people getting transported to different parts
of the country in China, with Asia Minor and
the Mediterranean, extending over 8,000 km
(5,000 miles) on land and sea. Trade on the
Silk Road was a significant factor in the
development of the great civilizations of
China, Mesopotamia, Egypt, Persia, Indian
subcontinent, and Rome, and helped to lay the
foundations for the modern world. The first
person who used the terms "Seidenstraße" and "Seidenstraßen"
or "Silk Road(s)" and "Silk
Route(s)", was the
German geographer Ferdinand von Richthofen in
1877. More Info
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The Silk Road is a Chinese
Takeaway & Restaurant and an Oriental Art and Crafts Store
Located in Keswick, Cumbria, Lake District, Untited Kingdom
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