A mappa mundi, a representation of the known world - Asia is at the top, separated from Europe (6-9 o'clock) and Africa (3-6 o'clock), Tours, Bibliothèque Municipale, 973 (15th century, France)
There was no single road connecting Asia, Africa and Europe known as the Silk Road. Instead, there was a network of roads, like blood vessels in a body. There wer…