During the Roman Empire period,the Maritime Silk Road was initially connected.In this period,the western section of the Maritime Silk Road refered to the sea route from Roman Egypt to Indi-a.The only way of this route was from the Red Sea to the Bab el-Mandab and the Gulf of Aden in the Ara-bian Sea,and the southern coast of the Arabian Peninsula is the Gulf of Aden.In the south coast of the A-rabian Peninsula,there are the major ports such as Muza,Ocelis,Aden and Kane,which were the supply and transit places of the maritime trade between Egypt and India,as well as the consumer market of goods from Egypt and India.Moreover,these ports were also the main places of the maritime trade between the Arab region,Egypt and India.Therefore,they all were key points in the Red Sea and Indian Ocean trade.According to the records of these ports in the western classical literature,they had different functions in the maritime trade,but they all had trade contacts with Roman Egypt and India,which were not only the necessary conditions for the early western section of the Maritime Silk Road to be connected,but also the important hubs of the western section of the Maritime Silk Road.
Roman EmpireMaritime Silk RoadPorts in the Southern Arabian Peninsula
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