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The Silk Road on a Map: Stops, Empires and Travellers

Published 9 November 2026

Follow the Silk Road from Chang'an to Antioch, with the states that ruled each stop and the travellers who walked it.

Asia in AD 700
Border map for AD 700. See the world in AD 700.

The Silk Road was not one road but a web of caravan routes linking China with Central Asia, Persia and the Mediterranean. It opened after Zhang Qian's missions under the Han and flourished under the Tang and the Mongols.

See every main stop and who ruled it on the Silk Road page, compare it with the Maritime Silk Road, and follow the journeys of Xuanzang, Marco Polo and Zheng He.

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