The Maritime Silk Road matured during the Early Middle Ages.
Sources
- Blown off course (en.wikipedia.org)
- https://www.culturalheritage.mo/msricf/2022/en/about/msr/?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1 (culturalheritage.mo)
- https://factsanddetails.com/china/cat2/sub90/item1102.html (factsanddetails.com)
- https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/when-were-the-middle-ages.html (worldatlas.com)
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