Begun in the 2nd century B.C., this "road" of trade stretched 4,000 miles from China to the Mediterranean
... a year to make the 4,000 mile trip (or 6,000 to 7,000 miles if one 
included the... [DOC] [TLE] Unique Facts about Asia: Silk Road - Sheppard Software [PAR] The Silk Road was an interconnected series of routes through Southern Asia ... 
ever, covered the whole distance between Europe, or the Middle East, and China
, by land.