alleryWho popularized the term Silk Road in 1877 after expeditions to China?
AMarco Polo, trader
BEdward Gibbon, author
CWarwick Ball, author
DFerdinand von Richthofen
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Ferdinand von Richthofen
1. The name is a modern coinage of the 19th century.
2. Ferdinand von Richthofen popularized the German term Seidenstrasse in 1877.
3. Marco Polo and Gibbon never used the term, and Ball is a modern critic of it.
_Source: Wikipedia, Silk Road, Name and contested significance_
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