Silk Route. Trade route from Rome to China. Followed by Marco Polo.

Cassino. 1944. Town, monastery destroyed in German defence of route to Rome.

Huai Hai, Battle. 1948-9. Chinese communists gain control of key routes.

India. North: c2500BC Indus valley civilization. c2000BC Aryans invade. 6C Achaemenid. 5C Persia. 326 Alexander(NW). c300 Maurya Empire. 2C BC Greek, Parthian, Kushan invade. 1C AD Kushan. c320 Gupta Empire. 6C Divided. 5-15C Huns, Arabs, Persians invade 12C Moslem. 1526 Mogul. South: 3000BC Dravidian civilization. 12-13C Rashtrakutas, Cholas. 14C Moslem inv. 15C Vijayanagar Empire. 1498 daGama discovers sea route. 18C British East India Co. 1858 British Empire. 1947 Independent. 1950 Republic.

Ludlow, Battle. 1459. War of Roses. York, Warwick routed by Lancastrians.

Mountain Meadows Massacre. 1857. Paiute Indians and Utah Mormons kill 137 Arkansas emigrants en route to California.

Nabataeans. -105. Arab people who taxed Syria/Arabia trade route.

Northwest Passage. Attempts 1497- to find a sea route around Canada to Asia. Amundsen succeeded 1903-6. McClure 1853.

Oregon Trail. 1840-70. 2,000 mile route from Missouri to Oregon.

Santa Fe Trail. 1820-80. Major migration route from Missouri to New Mexico.

Tamerlane. 1336-1405. Barbaric Mongol Moslem conquerer. First of Timurid line. Routed Golden Horde. Conquered Ottomans 1402. Mehmed I.

Vandals. Germans fleeing Huns, invaded Gaul, Spain 409 and Africa 429-534. Sacked Rome 455. Arians, persecuted other Christians. Routed by Byzantines 533.

Wilderness Road. 1790-1840. Settlers’ route from Virginia to Kentucky.