{"id":1120,"date":"2026-06-08T02:29:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T06:29:14","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2026-06-08T02:29:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T06:29:14","slug":"ancient-trade-routes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/c2creset.ondigit.us\/?p=1120","title":{"rendered":"Ancient Trade Routes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ancient Trade Routes<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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The 50.000 mile Roman road system<\/span><\/a> was vital to the maintenance and development of the Roman empire.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Trans-Saharan caravan routes (≈1400). Ghana Empire (13thC.) Mali Empire<\/span><\/a> (13th-15thC.). Niger (yellow). Timbuktu<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The 25.000 mile Inca road system<\/span><\/a> was the most extensive and advanced transportation system in South America.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

(The first -very poor- Spanish conquistadores from Extremadura, happened to find 3 desperately weakened empires in the Americas: Aztecs, Mayas, Incas.)<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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The 4.000 mile Silk road system<\/span><\/a> was a network of Asian trade routes active from the 2ndC BC, until the 15thC.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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\nChina’s current Belt & Road Initiative<\/span><\/a>:<\/span><\/span>
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\nCosco-Chancay<\/span><\/span><\/a>  Port-Peru<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong>
\n(Peru is Chinese for: fine mist on the coast of Peru in winter)
\n(Chancay in medieval Castilian:"City of Chinese silk")
\n(In 1420’s Chancay started to mass produce China-like pottery)<\/strong><\/span><\/span>
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