🐫💀 Everyone imagines the Silk Road as glittering caravans and endless trade routes under golden skies. In reality? It was more “eat sand and hope you don’t freeze.” Between bandits, disease, and deserts that could swallow you whole, the Silk Road was less of a marketplace and more of a near-death experience.

So close your eyes and travel through the chaos—where merchants gambled their lives for silk, cities rose from dust and fell back into it, and every mile was paid for in sweat, silver, or sanity.

👉 Boring History For Sleep | Adventure, misery, and bedtime’s longest road trip. 💤