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Answer:
The renaissance?
Explanation:
This is a guess.. I'm pretty sure it lead to the Enlightenment... so i think this was what was before...
Silk Road in Western Han Dynasty (206 BC–24 AD) From 139 BC to 129 BC, Zhang Qian set out on his journey to the Western Regions twice, pioneering the world-famous route.