Question: Focusing on the negative effects of the Silk Road, several key points can be selected, especially affecting the negative effects of politics.
(Teacher's opinion: You can think about the failure of the Silk Road to cause/accelerate some political failures)
Examples that can be referenced are:
The Mongolian army followed the massacre of the Silk Road;
The Black Death spread from Asia along the Silk Road, causing one third of Europeans to die;
The development of weapons and technology in various countries caused by the Silk Road has created more lethal weapons;
The cultural conflict brought about by the Silk Road led to the overthrow of the country: the three letters in the Hagia Sophia even affected today's political situation in the Middle East;