The Impact of Carpet Weaving and Carpet Trade on the Transport Infrastructure along the Great Silk Road: History and Modernity

One of the greatest achievements of global civilization is trade. Since then, when, the process of social division of labor began, and trade historically became an independent branch of the economy, every century it gained an extraordinary need and acquired a majestic and boundless area. Gaining an international character, trade opened up new and more extensive transport routes economically and culturally connecting the peoples of the East and West. This trend was facilitated by many important factors, including the development of carpet weaving and carpet trade. Today, world trade and the great trade communications that implement it, as in the past, are persistently breaking new routes for themselves. This article outlines the essence and significance of these processes, reveals the features of world trade, including the carpet trade, the importance of cultural and economic ties between the peoples of Asia and Europe, and also determines the purpose of trade routes and communications in past history and in modern civilization.