Question

What role did exploration play in the development of the silk road

Answer 1

The silk road was not only a trade route, but it did help countries advance. Travels through many different areas to trade introduced the merchants to new technology and culture. Brining this technology back into their countries they advanced. Exploration and the silk road are connected, for with exploring different places they would not know what goods and values other countries hold. 

Answer 2

One very influential connection made between Europe and China in ancient periods was the so-called Silk Road. While this did not mean a specific road across long periods, it did represent a network of routes that connected much of the Old World between Europe and China for roughly 1500 years and brought about profound technical and cultural changes that had global ramifications.