Unemployed workers: If you have a question about an unemployment claim, you must contact the telecenter by phone (800-318-6022) or through the Web. Non-telecenter staff do not have access to your records and cannot answer questions about your claim.
Extending 6,000 kilometres (4,000 miles), the Silk Road derives its name from the lucrative trade in Chinese silk carried out along its length, beginning during the Han dynasty (206 BCE â 220 CE).
Trading along the Silk Road and became stronger again between the 13th and 14th centuries, when the Mongols controlled central Asia. During the Age of Exploration the Silk Road lost its importance because new sea routes to Asia were discovered. Silk Road in the 1st century A.D.