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Podcast: Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography, & More
Episode: The Silk Road (Encore)
Description: Despite having very different cultures and being separated by thousands of kilometers, Asia and Europe have been connected for thousands of years. Through a series of overland and sea trade routes, goods, ideas, and people were able to move from east to west and vice versa. These routes were responsible for some of history’s greatest cultural exchanges as well as some of its greatest disasters. Learn more about the Silk Road and how it shaped history on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.Sponsors
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