No dangers I think unless you are traveling alone in deserts. The Silk road streches long into present Turcky. So, it depends on which part of the Silk Road you are going to.
Answer: Lincoln's only mission was to keep the Union together. The Manifest Destiny is a success expansion, The united State achieve territory expansion.
The Indo-European culture language, while the Greeks got most of their culture from Egypt and Mesopotamia. With a little Sparta in there.
both were presidents for the US and both got murdered