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Detail of a Catalan nautical chart (por­tolan chart) rep­res­enting 13th century Asia, on which one can see a caravan on its way to China (Silk Road). Catalan Atlas of Abraham Cresques, Illu­minated manu­script on parchment, Majorca (Mal­lorca), 1375, BNF, Paris

13th and 14th centuries

Accel­er­ation of trade along the Silk Road, dom­inated by the Mongol Empire

The Silk Road is a network of trade routes between Asia and Europe, running from China to Antioch (today’s Turkey).



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