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Maritime Silk Road was named officially in 1967. In the 1990s,the UNESCO organized a survey of Maritime. As a matter of fact, it was a road of ceramics, silk, perfume and tea, covering many fields such as Chinese history of ports, shipbuilding, sea navigation, overseas trade, migration, religion, international relations, and Sino-foreign exchange of science, technology and culture. The road linked Asia, Europe, Africa, America and Oceania.