Silk Road

Summary

Silk Road is a trade route^[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of trade_route entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (23,522 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Silk Road is credited with the discovery of Ferdinand von Richthofen^[3].
• Silk Road's instance of is recorded as trade route^[4].
• Silk Road's instance of is recorded as historic road^[5].
• Silk Road followed Steppe Route^[6].
• Silk Road's Commons category is recorded as Silk Road^[7].
• Silk Road comprises Maritime Silk Road^[8].
• Silk Road's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Silk Road^[9].
• Silk Road's Commons gallery is recorded as Silk Road^[10].
• Silk Road's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7^[11].
• Silk Road's World Heritage criteria is recorded as (ii)^[12].
• Silk Road's World Heritage criteria is recorded as (iii)^[13].
• Silk Road's World Heritage criteria is recorded as (v)^[14].
• Silk Road's World Heritage criteria is recorded as (vi)^[15].
• Silk Road's permanent duplicated item is recorded as Q22828669^[16].
• Silk Road's permanent duplicated item is recorded as Q25696236^[17].
• Silk Road's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[18].
• Silk Road's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Trade^[19].
• Silk Road's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Economics^[20].
• Silk Road's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Central Asia^[21].
• Silk Road's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Western Asia^[22].
• Silk Road's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject China^[23].
• Silk Road's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Archaeology^[24].
• Silk Road's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Textile Arts^[25].
• Silk Road's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject History^[26].
• Silk Road's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Middle Ages^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include trade route^[4] and historic road^[5].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Silk Road include it^[28], a darknet market^[29], founded in 2011^[30]; Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor^[31], a transboundary site^[32], in People's Republic of China^[33]; Silk Roads: Zarafshan-Karakum Corridor^[34], a transboundary site^[35], in Tajikistan^[36]; and Hirayama Ikuo Silk Road Museum^[37], an art museum^[38], in Japan^[39], founded in 2004^[40].

Why It Matters

Silk Road ranks in the top 4% of trade_route entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (23,522 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[41] It is known by 55 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[42]

Entities named for it include it^[28], a darknet market^[29], founded in 2011^[30]; Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor^[31], a transboundary site^[32], in People's Republic of China^[33]; Silk Roads: Zarafshan-Karakum Corridor^[34], a transboundary site^[35], in Tajikistan^[36]; and Hirayama Ikuo Silk Road Museum^[37], an art museum^[38], in Japan^[39], founded in 2004^[40].