The Route’s very nature changed as navigators found ways of trading directly with producers in the Far East, cutting out the ‘middlemen’ of merchants who had traversed different parts of Central Asia.
as other civilizations grew larger economically and technologically, China began to lose its superiority in the ancient "arms race", thus leading to a decline in the Silk Road
The Silk Road found a place in history because of its rich cultural legacy in written records and artefacts, and because trade and tolerance were so intertwined.
