Question

What was the significance of the closing of the Silk Road?

Answer 1

the Mongolian Empire was to be fairly short-lived. Splits between the different khans had erupted as early as 1262. Although the East was considerably more stable, especially under the rule of Kubilai, it also succumbed to a resurgence of Chinese nationalism, and after several minor local rebellions in the first few decades of the fourteenth century, principally in the south of China, the Yuan dynasty was finally replaced by the Ming dynasty in 1368. With the disintegration of the Mongol empire, the revival of Islam and the isolationist policies of the Ming dynasty, the barriers rose again on the land route between East and west 

Answer 2

Answer: It encouraged Europeans to develop naval technology to help them find new ways to obtain Asian goods.

Explanation:

The Silk Road was a system of land routes for trading goods between China and the West (130 BCE-1453 CE). When it closed, merchants were compelled to develop naval technology to use the sea as a trade route. This event was fundamental for the Age of Discovery that would drive Europeans ships to explore, and ultimately invade, the New World of the Americas.