Silk Road
c. 130 BCE–c. 1450 CE
The trade routes that linked China with the Mediterranean world for centuries.
- Type
- Era
- Date
- c. 130 BCE–c. 1450 CE
- Place
- Eurasia
Who was alive during Silk Road
- Augustus 63 BCE–14 CE, emperor
- Epictetus c. 50–c. 135, philosopher
- Rabbi Akiva c. 50–135, rabbi
- Galen 129–c. 216, physician
- Nagarjuna c. 150–c. 250, philosopher
- Faxian 337–c. 422, pilgrim
- Augustine of Hippo 354–430, theologian
- Saint Patrick c. 385–c. 461, missionary
- Bodhidharma c. 440–c. 528, monk
- Aryabhata 476–550, mathematician
- Justinian I c. 482–565, emperor
- Wu Zetian 624–705, empress
- Rabia of Basra c. 717–801, Sufi mystic
- Al-Farabi c. 872–c. 950, philosopher
- Ferdowsi 940–c. 1020, poet
- Ibn al-Haytham c. 965–c. 1040, physicist
- Al-Biruni 973–c. 1050, scholar
- Omar Khayyam 1048–1131, poet
- Hildegard of Bingen 1098–1179, abbess
- Leonardo Fibonacci c. 1170–c. 1250, mathematician
- Saadi Shirazi c. 1210–1291, poet
- Kublai Khan 1215–1294, emperor
- Yunus Emre c. 1238–c. 1320, poet
- Hafez c. 1315–c. 1390, poet