Generally speaking, after the Battle of Saratoga most of the fighting of the Revolutionary War took place "In the North," since this was a turning point in the war in which the French decided to offer the colonists military and financial aid.
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The Silk Road was an ancient road that stretched through Asia and the Middle East, where fine goods were traded from one person to another. It opened during the Han dynasty (130 bce), but was closed in 1453 ce, when the Ottoman empire boycotted trade with the west and shut down the routes.