http://www.atimes.com/article/chinas-first-silk-road-came-life-seas/ ASIA TIMES More than the overland trail, the maritime route can be seen as an early example of what might be termed proto-globalization. By DAVID ABULAFIA OCTOBER 7, 2017 9:38 AM (UTC+8) 62 0 Rowers at the opening ceremony of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing recreate the voyages of Chinese explorer Zheng He. Photo: Wikimedia Commons Few images are more enduring in the historical imagination than that of the train of two-humped Bactrian camels plodding across desert sands from west to east, or vice-versa, across the vast open spaces of Eurasia. Now that China is edging towards a modern incarnation of the “silk road” it is worth remembering how this emblem of the ancient world actually came into being. There is no doubt that these overland trading routes existed in the early and late Middle Ages. There is also no doubt that these treks across deserts brought massively important cultural influences from the west
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