Statistics for History Quiz: The Silk Road

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Question	Answer	% Correct
Which of these was the most important city along the Silk Road between 767 and 912?	Baghdad	73%
Which Uzbek city along the Silk Road was the capital of the Timurid Empire?	Samarkand	63%
The Silk Road's northern route started at which Chinese city?	Xi'an	53%
Which of these did the Maritime Silk Road not encompass?	Black Sea	48%
What were caravanserais?	Inns	45%
Մետաքսի ճանապարհ is the name of the Silk Road in which language?	Armenian	41%
Which form of Christianity travelled along the Silk Road, reaching as far as China?	Nestorianism	39%
The Silk Road divided into northern and southern routes to bypass the centre of which desert?	Taklamakan	36%
Which of these wasn't a precursor to the Silk Road?	Cursus publicus	35%
Which of these is an alternative name for the Southwest Silk Road?	Tea Horse Road	30%
Which of these Silk Road cities was a major centre for Buddhist learning?	Merv	28%
Which civilisation dominated the East-West trade along the Silk Road between the 4th and 8th centuries?	Sogdians	28%
Which archaeological site, once a city along the Silk Road, is located in China?	Endere	25%
Which of these is sometimes referred to as the "New Silk Road"?	Eurasian Land Bridge	23%
Which of these travellers travelled along (at least a part of) the Silk Road before Marco Polo?	William of Rubruck	21%