On both the Central Asian Silk Road and the Maritime Silk Road, trade and economic activity encouraged cultural exchange between East and West, from North Africa to the Arabian Peninsula, the Near East to China and Japan.
無論是中亞絲路或海上絲路，經貿活動促成了東西文化的交流，從北非到阿拉伯、近東以迄大陸和日本。