What was the silk road's contribution to the world?

There is a theory that Silk Road contributed to the popularization of Timurid style in ceramics that is ... bowls and vases painted with cobalt are exposed in many museums of the world.

Many people have heard of the Silk Road, the vast expansive route that facilitated the silk industry for centuries, and allowed trade to flourish between Asia, the Middle East and Europe. We’ve even mentioned it before in our previous blogs about the history of silk. But this week, we decided to give our #EthicalSilkCo followers a little more detail on just how influential the Silk Road was (and still is) in shaping the world we know today.