The Silk Road is a historically important international trade route(路线) between China and the Mediterranean(地中海). It started1 the Western Han Dynasty and has been a2 between the East and the West for over 2,000 years.
The route started from Chang'an (now Xi'an) and3 in an Eastern European country.
lt was about 6,500 kilometers4 and crossed one-fourth of the planet.
The Silk Road got its name5 Chinese silk used to be carried along this route. Silk，jade(玉), ceramics(陶瓷制品)and iron went West to Rome. And from the West came glass，gems(宝石) and food6 carrots and sesame(芝麻).
The Silk Road was very important to both China and the7 of the world. Lt was more than an ancient international trade route.8 about art, science and literature，as well as crafts(工艺) and technologies was9 , thanks to the Silk Road. In this way，languages and cultures developed fast and influenced each other.
Today，along the Silk Road there're many places of10 ，such as the Terracotta Warriors in Xi'an and Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang.
