How did The Silk Road Actually Work? The Silk Road was the ultimate route for messengers, merchants, and explorers alike. The roads were used in a few manners, with the main being for commercial trade. ♦Consider supporting the Channel of Patreon and gain cool stuff: https://www.patreon.com/Knowledgia ♦Please consider to SUBSCRIBE: https://goo.gl/YJNqek ♦Music by Epidemic Sound ♦Sources : https://www.worldhistory.org/Silk_Road/ Boulnois, Luce (2004). Silk Road: Monks, Warriors & Merchants on the Silk Road Hill, John E. (2009) Through the Jade Gate to Rome: A Study of the Silk Routes during the Later Han Dynasty, 1st to 2nd centuries CE https://web.archive.org/web/20130906212218/https://www.livius.org/sh-si/silk_road/silk_road.html ♦Script & Research : Skylar Gordon #History #Documentary #SilkRoad