Already in use before our common era and thriving until the opening of the sea route to India at the end of the 15th century C.E., this trade - road network, part of which passed through what is now Uzbekistan, had a central place in world commerce.
وطريق الحرير التجاري ،‏ الذي كان يمر في ما يُعرف اليوم بأوزبكستان ،‏ شكَّل نقطة مركزية في التجارة العالمية آنذاك .‏