Silk Road
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Summary
Silk Road is a trade route[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of trade route entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (48,534 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: Ferdinand von Richthofen[3]
- Instance of: historic road[4]
- Follows: Steppe Route[5]
- Commons category: Silk Road[6]
- Has part(s): Maritime Silk Road[7]
- Topic's main category: Category:Silk Road[8]
- Commons gallery: Silk Road[9]
- Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7[10]
- World Heritage criteria: (ii)[11], (iii)[12], (v)[13], (vi)[14]
- Permanent duplicated item: Q22828669[15], Q25696236[16]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[17]
- Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Trade[18], WikiProject Economics[19], WikiProject Central Asia[20], WikiProject Western Asia[21], WikiProject China[22], WikiProject Archaeology[23], WikiProject Textile Arts[24], WikiProject History[25], WikiProject Middle Ages[26], WikiProject European history[27], WikiProject Transport[28], WikiProject Culture[29], WikiProject Globalization[30]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Silk Road include it[31], a darknet market[32], founded in 2011[33]; Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor[34], a transboundary site[35], in People's Republic of China[36]; Silk Roads: Zarafshan-Karakum Corridor[37], a transboundary site[38], in Tajikistan[39]; and Hirayama Ikuo Silk Road Museum[40], an art museum[41], in Japan[42], founded in 2004[43].
Why It Matters
Silk Road has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[44] It is known by 84 alternative names across languages and contexts.[45]
Entities named for it include it[31], a darknet market[32], founded in 2011[33]; Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor[34], a transboundary site[35], in People's Republic of China[36]; Silk Roads: Zarafshan-Karakum Corridor[37], a transboundary site[38], in Tajikistan[39]; and Hirayama Ikuo Silk Road Museum[40], an art museum[41], in Japan[42], founded in 2004[43].