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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).
The Silk Road. 1  It was over 4,000 miles long. 2  Marco Polo traveled to China along the Silk Road. 3  Not all that was traded along the Silk Road was good. It is thought that the bubonic plague, or Black Death, traveled to Europe from the Silk Road. 4  Very few merchants traveled along the entire route.