The Termination of the Silk Road: a Study of the History of the Silk Road from a New Perspective

Abstract

The Silk Road ended in 1524 formally. To know how and why this significant event occurred, we should know more about the road itself and its evolution in history. In this essay, three issues will be discussed from the perspective of global history: (1) the Silk Road itself; (2) the trade along the Silk Road (or the Silk Road Trade, abbreviated as SRT in this paper); and (3) the termination of the Silk Road.