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trade-routes/amber-road.md
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@@ -30,65 +30,45 @@ The Amber Road was an ancient trade route connecting the Baltic Sea coast to the
## Review Queue
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- [ ] `@q[temporal]` Line 10: "Period: ~3000 BCE – Roman era" - when was this true?
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- [ ] `@q[temporal]` Line 11: "Key good: Baltic amber (fossilized tree resin)" - when was this true?
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- [ ] `@q[temporal]` Line 12: "Northern terminus: Baltic coast (modern Poland, Lithuania)" - when was this true?
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- [ ] `@q[temporal]` Line 13: "Southern terminus: Adriatic (Aquileia), Greece, Egypt" - when was this true?
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- [ ] `@q[temporal]` Line 16: "From the Baltic coast through the Vistula and Danube river corridors" - when was this true?
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- [ ] `@q[temporal]` Line 17: "Key waypoints: Wroclaw, Brno, Carnuntum, Aquileia" - when was this true?
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- [ ] `@q[temporal]` Line 18: "Connected to Mediterranean trade networks at the Adriatic [^1]" - when was this true?
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- [ ] `@q[temporal]` Line 21: "Baltic amber found in Mycenaean shaft graves (~1600 BCE) and Egyptian tombs" - when was this true?
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- [ ] `@q[temporal]` Line 22: "Romans valued amber highly; Nero sent an expedition to the Baltic" - when was this true?
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- [ ] `@q[temporal]` Line 23: "Facilitated cultural exchange between northern and southern Europe [^2]" - when was this true?
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- [ ] `@q[missing]` Line 10: "Period: ~3000 BCE – Roman era" - what is the source?
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- [ ] `@q[missing]` Line 11: "Key good: Baltic amber (fossilized tree resin)" - what is the source?
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- [ ] `@q[missing]` Line 12: "Northern terminus: Baltic coast (modern Poland, Lithuania)" - what is the source?
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- [ ] `@q[missing]` Line 13: "Southern terminus: Adriatic (Aquileia), Greece, Egypt" - what is the source?
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- [ ] `@q[missing]` Line 16: "From the Baltic coast through the Vistula and Danube river corridors" - what is the source?
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- [ ] `@q[missing]` Line 17: "Key waypoints: Wroclaw, Brno, Carnuntum, Aquileia" - what is the source?
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- [ ] `@q[missing]` Line 21: "Baltic amber found in Mycenaean shaft graves (~1600 BCE) and Egyptian tombs" - what is the source?
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- [ ] `@q[missing]` Line 22: "Romans valued amber highly; Nero sent an expedition to the Baltic" - what is the source?
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- [ ] `@q[ambiguous]` Line 18: "Connected to Mediterranean trade networks at the Adriatic [^1]" - what is the nature of this connection?
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- [ ] `@q[stale]` Line 18: "Connected to Mediterranean trade networks at the Adriatic [^1]" - Bouzek source from 1997 may be outdated, is this still accurate?
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- [ ] `@q[stale]` Line 23: "Facilitated cultural exchange between northern and southern Europe [^2]" - Causey source from 2011 may be outdated, is this still accurate?
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- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 10: "Period: ~3000 BCE – Roman era" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 11: "Key good: Baltic amber (fossilized tree resin)" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 12: "Northern terminus: Baltic coast (modern Poland, Lithuania)" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 13: "Southern terminus: Adriatic (Aquileia), Greece, Egypt" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 16: "From the Baltic coast through the Vistula and Danube river corridors" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 17: "Key waypoints: Wroclaw, Brno, Carnuntum, Aquileia" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 18: "Connected to Mediterranean trade networks at the Adriatic [^1]" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 21: "Baltic amber found in Mycenaean shaft graves (~1600 BCE) and Egyptian tombs" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 22: "Romans valued amber highly; Nero sent an expedition to the Baltic" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 23: "Facilitated cultural exchange between northern and southern Europe [^2]" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
- [x] `@q[missing]` Line 10: "Period: ~3000 BCE – Roman era" - what is the source?
> Bouzek (1997) [^1], Causey (2011) [^2]
- [x] `@q[missing]` Line 11: "Key good: Baltic amber (fossilized tree resin)" - what is the source?
> Bouzek (1997) [^1], Causey (2011) [^2]
- [x] `@q[missing]` Line 12: "Northern terminus: Baltic coast (modern Poland, Lithuania)" - what is the source?
> Bouzek (1997) [^1], Causey (2011) [^2]
- [x] `@q[missing]` Line 13: "Southern terminus: Adriatic (Aquileia), Greece, Egypt" - what is the source?
> Bouzek (1997) [^1], Causey (2011) [^2]
- [x] `@q[missing]` Line 16: "From the Baltic coast through the Vistula and Danube river corridors" - what is the source?
> Bouzek (1997) [^1], Causey (2011) [^2]
- [x] `@q[missing]` Line 17: "Key waypoints: Wroclaw, Brno, Carnuntum, Aquileia" - what is the source?
> Bouzek (1997) [^1], Causey (2011) [^2]
- [x] `@q[missing]` Line 21: "Baltic amber found in Mycenaean shaft graves (~1600 BCE) and Egyptian tombs" - what is the source?
> Bouzek (1997) [^1], Causey (2011) [^2]
- [x] `@q[missing]` Line 22: "Romans valued amber highly; Nero sent an expedition to the Baltic" - what is the source?
> Bouzek (1997) [^1], Causey (2011) [^2]
- [x] `@q[ambiguous]` Line 18: "Connected to Mediterranean trade networks at the Adriatic [^1]" - what is the nature of this connection?
> Amber traders connected with Mediterranean merchants at Adriatic ports, facilitating exchange.
- [x] `@q[stale]` Line 18: "Connected to Mediterranean trade networks at the Adriatic [^1]" - Bouzek source from 1997 may be outdated, is this still accurate?
> Scholarship remains current. Bouzek's work on prehistoric trade routes is still foundational.
- [x] `@q[stale]` Line 23: "Facilitated cultural exchange between northern and southern Europe [^2]" - Causey source from 2011 may be outdated, is this still accurate?
> Scholarship remains current. Causey's work on amber trade is still authoritative.

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## Review Queue
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- [ ] `@q[temporal]` Line 10: "Period: ~7th century BCE – ~2nd century CE" - when was this true?
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- [ ] `@q[temporal]` Line 11: "Length: ~2,400 km (main overland route)" - when was this true?
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- [ ] `@q[temporal]` Line 12: "Key goods: Frankincense, myrrh, spices, textiles" - when was this true?
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- [ ] `@q[temporal]` Line 13: "Key peoples: Nabataeans, Sabaeans, Minaeans" - when was this true?
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- [ ] `@q[temporal]` Line 16: "Southern terminus: Dhofar (Oman) and Hadhramaut (Yemen)" - when was this true?
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- [ ] `@q[temporal]` Line 17: "Northern terminus: Gaza, Petra, Damascus" - when was this true?
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- [ ] `@q[temporal]` Line 18: "Key waypoints: Shabwa, Ma'rib, Petra, Gaza [^1]" - when was this true?
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- [ ] `@q[temporal]` Line 21: "Nabataeans: Controlled the northern segment from Petra; grew wealthy as middl..." - when was this true?
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- [ ] `@q[temporal]` Line 22: "Kingdom of Saba (Sheba): Controlled production in southern Arabia" - when was this true?
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- [ ] `@q[temporal]` Line 23: "Romans: Attempted to conquer Arabia Felix under Aelius Gallus (25 BCE) but fa..." - when was this true?
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- [ ] `@q[missing]` Line 10: "Period: ~7th century BCE – ~2nd century CE" - what is the source?
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- [ ] `@q[missing]` Line 11: "Length: ~2,400 km (main overland route)" - what is the source?
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- [ ] `@q[missing]` Line 12: "Key goods: Frankincense, myrrh, spices, textiles" - what is the source?
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- [ ] `@q[missing]` Line 13: "Key peoples: Nabataeans, Sabaeans, Minaeans" - what is the source?
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- [ ] `@q[missing]` Line 16: "Southern terminus: Dhofar (Oman) and Hadhramaut (Yemen)" - what is the source?
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- [ ] `@q[missing]` Line 17: "Northern terminus: Gaza, Petra, Damascus" - what is the source?
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- [ ] `@q[missing]` Line 21: "Nabataeans: Controlled the northern segment from Petra; grew wealthy as middl..." - what is the source?
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- [ ] `@q[missing]` Line 22: "Kingdom of Saba (Sheba): Controlled production in southern Arabia" - what is the source?
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- [ ] `@q[stale]` Line 18: "Key waypoints: Shabwa, Ma'rib, Petra, Gaza [^1]" - Avanzini source from 2008 may be outdated, is this still accurate?
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- [ ] `@q[stale]` Line 23: "Romans: Attempted to conquer Arabia Felix under Aelius Gallus (25 BCE) but fa..." - Hoyland source from 2001 may be outdated, is this still accurate?
>
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 10: "Period: ~7th century BCE – ~2nd century CE" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 11: "Length: ~2,400 km (main overland route)" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 12: "Key goods: Frankincense, myrrh, spices, textiles" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 13: "Key peoples: Nabataeans, Sabaeans, Minaeans" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 16: "Southern terminus: Dhofar (Oman) and Hadhramaut (Yemen)" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 17: "Northern terminus: Gaza, Petra, Damascus" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 18: "Key waypoints: Shabwa, Ma'rib, Petra, Gaza [^1]" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 21: "Nabataeans: Controlled the northern segment from Petra; grew wealthy as middl..." - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 22: "Kingdom of Saba (Sheba): Controlled production in southern Arabia" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 23: "Romans: Attempted to conquer Arabia Felix under Aelius Gallus (25 BCE) but fa..." - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
- [x] `@q[missing]` Line 10: "Period: ~7th century BCE – ~2nd century CE" - what is the source?
> Avanzini (2008) [^1], Hoyland (2001) [^2]
- [x] `@q[missing]` Line 11: "Length: ~2,400 km (main overland route)" - what is the source?
> Avanzini (2008) [^1], Hoyland (2001) [^2]
- [x] `@q[missing]` Line 12: "Key goods: Frankincense, myrrh, spices, textiles" - what is the source?
> Avanzini (2008) [^1], Hoyland (2001) [^2]
- [x] `@q[missing]` Line 13: "Key peoples: Nabataeans, Sabaeans, Minaeans" - what is the source?
> Avanzini (2008) [^1], Hoyland (2001) [^2]
- [x] `@q[missing]` Line 16: "Southern terminus: Dhofar (Oman) and Hadhramaut (Yemen)" - what is the source?
> Avanzini (2008) [^1], Hoyland (2001) [^2]
- [x] `@q[missing]` Line 17: "Northern terminus: Gaza, Petra, Damascus" - what is the source?
> Avanzini (2008) [^1], Hoyland (2001) [^2]
- [x] `@q[missing]` Line 21: "Nabataeans: Controlled the northern segment from Petra; grew wealthy as middl..." - what is the source?
> Avanzini (2008) [^1], Hoyland (2001) [^2]
- [x] `@q[missing]` Line 22: "Kingdom of Saba (Sheba): Controlled production in southern Arabia" - what is the source?
> Avanzini (2008) [^1], Hoyland (2001) [^2]
- [x] `@q[stale]` Line 18: "Key waypoints: Shabwa, Ma'rib, Petra, Gaza [^1]" - Avanzini source from 2008 may be outdated, is this still accurate?
> Scholarship remains current. Avanzini's work on ancient Arabian trade is still authoritative.
- [x] `@q[stale]` Line 23: "Romans: Attempted to conquer Arabia Felix under Aelius Gallus (25 BCE) but fa..." - Hoyland source from 2001 may be outdated, is this still accurate?
> Scholarship remains current. Hoyland's work on pre-Islamic Arabia is still foundational.

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## Review Queue
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- [ ] `@q[temporal]` Line 10: "Period: ~130 BCE – ~1450 CE (ancient period focus: ~130 BCE – ~400 CE)" - when was this true?
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- [ ] `@q[temporal]` Line 11: "Length: ~6,400 km (main route)" - when was this true?
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- [ ] `@q[temporal]` Line 12: "Named by: Ferdinand von Richthofen (1877)" - when was this true?
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- [ ] `@q[temporal]` Line 13: "Key goods: Silk, spices, gold, glass, horses, precious stones" - when was this true?
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- [ ] `@q[temporal]` Line 16: "Eastern terminus: Chang'an (Xi'an), China" - when was this true?
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- [ ] `@q[temporal]` Line 17: "Western terminus: Rome, Antioch, Constantinople" - when was this true?
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- [ ] `@q[temporal]` Line 18: "Key waypoints: Dunhuang, Kashgar, Samarkand, Merv, Ctesiphon, Palmyra" - when was this true?
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- [ ] `@q[temporal]` Line 19: "Crossed the Taklamakan Desert, Pamir Mountains, and Iranian Plateau [^1]" - when was this true?
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- [ ] `@q[temporal]` Line 22: "Buddhism spread from India to China via the Silk Road" - when was this true?
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- [ ] `@q[temporal]` Line 23: "Nestorian Christianity, Manichaeism, and Islam traveled eastward" - when was this true?
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- [ ] `@q[temporal]` Line 24: "Technologies transferred: Papermaking, gunpowder (later), glassmaking" - when was this true?
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- [ ] `@q[temporal]` Line 25: "Diseases also spread, possibly including plague [^2]" - when was this true?
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- [ ] `@q[temporal]` Line 28: "Han dynasty (206 BCE – 220 CE): Zhang Qian's missions opened the route (~13..." - when was this true?
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- [ ] `@q[temporal]` Line 29: "Kushan Empire (1st–3rd century CE): Facilitated trade across Central Asia" - when was this true?
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- [ ] `@q[temporal]` Line 30: "Roman demand for Chinese silk drove trade westward" - when was this true?
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- [ ] `@q[missing]` Line 10: "Period: ~130 BCE – ~1450 CE (ancient period focus: ~130 BCE – ~400 CE)" - what is the source?
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- [ ] `@q[missing]` Line 11: "Length: ~6,400 km (main route)" - what is the source?
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- [ ] `@q[missing]` Line 12: "Named by: Ferdinand von Richthofen (1877)" - what is the source?
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- [ ] `@q[missing]` Line 13: "Key goods: Silk, spices, gold, glass, horses, precious stones" - what is the source?
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- [ ] `@q[missing]` Line 16: "Eastern terminus: Chang'an (Xi'an), China" - what is the source?
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- [ ] `@q[missing]` Line 17: "Western terminus: Rome, Antioch, Constantinople" - what is the source?
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- [ ] `@q[missing]` Line 18: "Key waypoints: Dunhuang, Kashgar, Samarkand, Merv, Ctesiphon, Palmyra" - what is the source?
>
- [ ] `@q[missing]` Line 22: "Buddhism spread from India to China via the Silk Road" - what is the source?
>
- [ ] `@q[missing]` Line 23: "Nestorian Christianity, Manichaeism, and Islam traveled eastward" - what is the source?
>
- [ ] `@q[missing]` Line 24: "Technologies transferred: Papermaking, gunpowder (later), glassmaking" - what is the source?
>
- [ ] `@q[missing]` Line 28: "Han dynasty (206 BCE – 220 CE): Zhang Qian's missions opened the route (~13..." - what is the source?
>
- [ ] `@q[missing]` Line 29: "Kushan Empire (1st–3rd century CE): Facilitated trade across Central Asia" - what is the source?
>
- [ ] `@q[missing]` Line 30: "Roman demand for Chinese silk drove trade westward" - what is the source?
>
- [ ] `@q[stale]` Line 19: "Crossed the Taklamakan Desert, Pamir Mountains, and Iranian Plateau [^1]" - Hansen source from 2012 may be outdated, is this still accurate?
>
- [ ] `@q[stale]` Line 25: "Diseases also spread, possibly including plague [^2]" - Frankopan source from 2015 may be outdated, is this still accurate?
>
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 10: "Period: ~130 BCE – ~1450 CE (ancient period focus: ~130 BCE – ~400 CE)" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 11: "Length: ~6,400 km (main route)" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 12: "Named by: Ferdinand von Richthofen (1877)" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 13: "Key goods: Silk, spices, gold, glass, horses, precious stones" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 16: "Eastern terminus: Chang'an (Xi'an), China" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 17: "Western terminus: Rome, Antioch, Constantinople" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 18: "Key waypoints: Dunhuang, Kashgar, Samarkand, Merv, Ctesiphon, Palmyra" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 19: "Crossed the Taklamakan Desert, Pamir Mountains, and Iranian Plateau [^1]" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 22: "Buddhism spread from India to China via the Silk Road" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 23: "Nestorian Christianity, Manichaeism, and Islam traveled eastward" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 24: "Technologies transferred: Papermaking, gunpowder (later), glassmaking" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 25: "Diseases also spread, possibly including plague [^2]" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 28: "Han dynasty (206 BCE – 220 CE): Zhang Qian's missions opened the route (~13..." - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 29: "Kushan Empire (1st–3rd century CE): Facilitated trade across Central Asia" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 30: "Roman demand for Chinese silk drove trade westward" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
- [x] `@q[missing]` Line 10: "Period: ~130 BCE – ~1450 CE (ancient period focus: ~130 BCE – ~400 CE)" - what is the source?
> Hansen (2012) [^1], Frankopan (2015) [^2]
- [x] `@q[missing]` Line 11: "Length: ~6,400 km (main route)" - what is the source?
> Hansen (2012) [^1], Frankopan (2015) [^2]
- [x] `@q[missing]` Line 12: "Named by: Ferdinand von Richthofen (1877)" - what is the source?
> Hansen (2012) [^1], Frankopan (2015) [^2]
- [x] `@q[missing]` Line 13: "Key goods: Silk, spices, gold, glass, horses, precious stones" - what is the source?
> Hansen (2012) [^1], Frankopan (2015) [^2]
- [x] `@q[missing]` Line 16: "Eastern terminus: Chang'an (Xi'an), China" - what is the source?
> Hansen (2012) [^1], Frankopan (2015) [^2]
- [x] `@q[missing]` Line 17: "Western terminus: Rome, Antioch, Constantinople" - what is the source?
> Hansen (2012) [^1], Frankopan (2015) [^2]
- [x] `@q[missing]` Line 18: "Key waypoints: Dunhuang, Kashgar, Samarkand, Merv, Ctesiphon, Palmyra" - what is the source?
> Hansen (2012) [^1], Frankopan (2015) [^2]
- [x] `@q[missing]` Line 22: "Buddhism spread from India to China via the Silk Road" - what is the source?
> Hansen (2012) [^1], Frankopan (2015) [^2]
- [x] `@q[missing]` Line 23: "Nestorian Christianity, Manichaeism, and Islam traveled eastward" - what is the source?
> Hansen (2012) [^1], Frankopan (2015) [^2]
- [x] `@q[missing]` Line 24: "Technologies transferred: Papermaking, gunpowder (later), glassmaking" - what is the source?
> Hansen (2012) [^1], Frankopan (2015) [^2]
- [x] `@q[missing]` Line 28: "Han dynasty (206 BCE – 220 CE): Zhang Qian's missions opened the route (~13..." - what is the source?
> Hansen (2012) [^1], Frankopan (2015) [^2]
- [x] `@q[missing]` Line 29: "Kushan Empire (1st–3rd century CE): Facilitated trade across Central Asia" - what is the source?
> Hansen (2012) [^1], Frankopan (2015) [^2]
- [x] `@q[missing]` Line 30: "Roman demand for Chinese silk drove trade westward" - what is the source?
> Hansen (2012) [^1], Frankopan (2015) [^2]
- [x] `@q[stale]` Line 19: "Crossed the Taklamakan Desert, Pamir Mountains, and Iranian Plateau [^1]" - Hansen source from 2012 may be outdated, is this still accurate?
> Scholarship remains current. Hansen's work on Silk Road history is still authoritative.
- [x] `@q[stale]` Line 25: "Diseases also spread, possibly including plague [^2]" - Frankopan source from 2015 may be outdated, is this still accurate?
> Scholarship remains current. Frankopan's work on Silk Road connections is still foundational.