Did the Mongols Create the Silk Road?

The Mongol Empire, and Pax Mongolica

Pax Mongolica
At its height, the Mongolian empire stretched from Shanhaiguan in the east to Budapest in the west, from Rus' in the north to Tibet in the south. This meant that an extremely large part of the continent was united under one political authority.
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, strengthened and re-established the Silk Road between 1207 and 1360 CE.

Did the Mongols start the Silk Road?

For the 100 years of the height of the Empire, the East-West Mongol trade routes became the fabled Silk Road which for the first time linked Europe to Asia, allowing the free flow of ideas, technologies and goods. ... As a result of the Mongol Empire, international Mongol trade was born on a level never seen before.

How did the Mongols contribute to the Silk Road?

The Mongols culturally enhanced the Silk Road by allowing people of different religions to coexist. The merging of peoples and cultures from conquered territories brought religious freedom throughout the empire.

Robert Thorne

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