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TIL that Maritime silk road is the first inter-continental trade route by Austronesian from 3000 BC spanning from China, India, Arabian Peninsula, Africa, and Europe. As opposed of the famous Silk Road from 100 BC spanning from China to Europe. Making it Austronesian age of discovery

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