where did the silk road start and end

The Silk Road most commonly refers to a network of ancient trade routes that started in the Chinese capital of Chang’an (modern Xi’an) in north‑central China and ended at major cities on or near the eastern Mediterranean such as Antioch, Damascus, and sometimes as far as Constantinople and Rome, where goods continued by sea into Europe.

Quick Scoop

• The overland Silk Road began in Chang’an/Xi’an in what is now Shaanxi Province in China.

• From there it ran west along the Great Wall area, skirted the Taklamakan Desert via northern and southern routes, crossed Central Asia and the Pamir mountains, and went through regions of today’s Afghanistan and Iran.

• In the west, it reached key termini on the eastern Mediterranean such as Antioch and other Levantine ports, with some routes extending toward Constantinople and, in a broader sense, to Rome via onward sea trade.

Information gathered from public forums or data available on the internet and portrayed here.