“丝绸之路”因其名中的“丝绸”一词,长久以来被人们普遍认为是一条古代中国与西方世界进行丝绸贸易的通道。然而,牛津大学拜占庭研究中心主任彼得·弗兰科潘认为,丝绸之路不止是一条连接东西方的贸易道路,而是贯穿推动2000年人类文明历程和世界史的伟大道路:“丝绸之路并不处在世界的边缘,恰恰相反,它一直是世界的中心,而且它还 The Silk Road, for its part, has long been widely recognized as a gateway to silk trade between ancient China and the western world. However, Peter Frank Coppont, director of the Byzantine Research Center at Oxford University, believes that the Silk Road is not only a trade road linking East and West, but a great way to promote the course of human civilization and world history in 2000: ”The Silk Road It is not on the verge of the world; on the contrary, it has always been the center of the world, and it has