Indian Trade
- Silk, wines, weapons, metal works, jewelry, horses, teas, spices, cloth, jade, gold, nuts, and amber.
Silk Roads
- name given to any route that led across China to Rome
- 4000 mile trip
- Rome had gold, silver, and precious gems
- Ideas also traveled the Silk Road
Very difficult and dangerous to travel along.
Silk
- Romans had been looking for the "silk people" for a long time
- discovered pieces of silk from some of the people they conquered and it became popular in Rome but it was scarce. Wanted more.
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