- Ancient roads
This is a list of Historic Roads — major long-distance
road s of significanthistoric value.In
Europe , with the exception of theRoman roads , the paths were not fixed and depended on thetopology andgeography of the land. In the earlyMiddle Ages , valleys were often filled with thick lowland forests and unpassable rivers. Therefore, people preferred to travel at higher elevations along the European watersheds.Europe
Frankish Empire
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Antsanvia - trade road fromMainz toThüringen
*Birkenhainer Landstraße -Wine trade road
*Bergische Eisenstraße
*Deitweg
* Elisabethenstraße - fromMainz-Kastel throughHofheim am Taunus to theOppidum Nida and further into theWetterau ; see alsoBundesautobahn 66 )
*Eselsweg
*Way of St. James
*Old Salt Route or "Alte Salzstraße" (Hanseatic League ) -salt trade route fromLüneburg toLübeck
*Rennsteig connecting road between the different independent small countries in Thuringia, for regular border traffic; it is still a culture and language border. Long Distance Hilltop walk over Thuringia Forest, Slate mountain of Thuringia and Frankenwald, from Hörschel at river Werra (near Eisenach) to Blankenstein at river Saale
*Schwabenweg
*Via Regia - King's road fromFrankfurt am Main toGörlitz in SWPoland
*Via Tolosana - lastPilgrim route on theWay of St James toSantiago de Compostela
*German Wine Route Germans and Celts
* Amber Road (Bernsteinstraße) -
Amber trade route fromLithuania to northernItaly
*Hellweg
*Ortesweg - Path fromMarburg toBamberg Denmark and Germany
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Hærvejen - the "Army Road", German: "Ochsenweg"Saxony (Upper Saxony, the
Electorate of Saxony )*
Alte Dresden-Teplitzer Poststraße
*Alte Freiberg-Teplitzer Poststraße
*Frankenstraße
*Hohe Strasse (Saxony)
*Kulmer Steig
*Salzstraße n toHallstadt inSalzkammergut and toward theHalle an der Saale and ReichenhallGreece
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Via Pythia Roman Empire
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Watling Street (Roman Britain ) - empire service road fromDover throughLondon toWroxeter inShropshire
*Appian Way (Roman Empire ) - empire service road fromRome to southeastItaly Asia
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Grand Trunk Road (Indian subcontinent ) all-purpose main road fromBangladesh to northernPakistan
*Royal Road (Persian Empire ) empire service road fromTurkey toIran
*Silk Road (Asia )Spice trade route from theMediterranean via Syria, Iran, Pakistan toChina
*Khyber Pass (Southern Asia ) all-season mountain "pass" connectingAfghanistan to westernPakistan
*Aleppo toBaghdad Road (Middle East /Ottoman Empire ] ) all-purpose main road fromSyria toIraq South America
*Camino Real in
Peru - roads connecting theInca Empire throughout theAndes North America
USA
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Oregon Trail (American Old West ) - 19th century Pioneer route fromIllinois toOregon
*Santa Fe Trail (American Old West ) - major commercial/military artery fromMissouri toSanta Fe, New Mexico
*U.S. Route 66 (USA ) - 1930s colonial route fromChicago toLos Angeles
*Blue Ridge Parkway (North Carolina andVirginia ) - a 20th centuryNational Parkway Canada
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Carlton Trail (Canada ) -Fur trade route from SWManitoba toFort Edmonton inAlberta
*Trans-Canada Highway (Canada ) - a highway running the full width of Canada, near the south border
*Yellowhead Trail (Canada )External links
* [http://www.chobham.info/roads.htm| Analysis of local roads near Chobham Common]
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