The exchange of fabric became the first exchange of ideas and knowledge which lead to the formation of Silk Road. This was the first trade of its kind that brought the East and West come together at a point and that played a major decisive role in the passage to the modern era. With this came the exchange of not just Silk but also exchange of good ideas, beliefs and finally inventions that first shocked the world in a way which forced people to invent. It all started from the time of the Persian Empire where messages where first galloped until it reached far west. Later it became a need for such messages to be hand delivered and then came the Paper by the Chinese empire which was again re-invented many times later by other Europeans and the West. On the flip side these routes not only shared in goods and ideas but also disaster with exchange of diseases as well making the Silk Road a challenge to humanity to survive.

The Silk Route lived for the next 1500 years until the point ideas found new routes via the internet. That remained the second shock to the Silk Road where the same road that connected different civilizations 1000 miles away in the past through physical means has now instantly being connected easily through binary 1’s and 0’s. Both have transformed the way we communicate, trade and learn from different parts of the world. The legacy of Silk Road will remain a forever lasting legacy to this modern trade and global connections which plays a vital role for everyone to explore and learn.

In this journey, UAE stands to become the next stop on Silk Road for the exchange of knowledge and innovations and it is at this stop where miraculous transformation will originate and facilitate to transfer top-talent and top-notch teams when the world is in need.

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