Indian Trade-in this area most of time was spent farming mostly wheat and rice a lot of trade between China and the western world shipped silk to the West and imported gold some went along northern silk road through Turkestan and Uzbekistan it was a time of unification in the world many great empires formed in the final years before christ Silk Road-road that consists of paths to cities along mountains and deserts that was used as a trading route also fabrics spices dyes and ivory
military conquest-some of the bloodiest times in human history many good conquerors armies used chariots elephants infantry and archers the Chola dynasty dominated southern India during this time-the himalayas separated India from the rest of Asia most warfare was between indian empires advances in weaponry and armor in this time Alexander the Great tried to take over India to get to the great outer sea he believed was on the other side deserts were mostly controlled by mounted warriors called Rajputs's the Shishunaga were the first to use catapults bow was the main and mostly deadly weapon in India Mauryan empire had 600,000 men
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