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The Silk Road — Trade Networks That Built Civilizations
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Before the internet, the Silk Road was the closest thing to a global information network. It moved silk and porcelain, yes — but also Buddhism, Islam, paper-making, and the Black Death. The Sogdian merchants who ran it built commercial infrastructure that anticipated modern trade institutions by a millennium. → [Full story: routes, merchants, and consequences](/node/1175)
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