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Many items were bartered for others along the way, and objects often changed hands several times. Besides the obvious material goods that were traded, there was an abundance of cultural, religious, and philosophical ideas that were exchanged along the Silk Road.
Chinese items sought for trade
� Silk Trade
Originally, the Chinese traded silk internally, within the empire. Once silk was discovered by westerners, they were desperate to obtain the beautiful cloth that symbolized wealth and stature. Caravans from China interior would carry silk to the western edges of the region. Often small Central Asian tribes would attack these caravans hoping to capture the traders valuable commodities. As a result, the Han Dynasty extended its military defenses further into Central Asia from 135 to 90 BC in order to protect these caravans. Silk trade flourished and led the way for other endless commodities.
� Ironware, gold and platinum, bronze mirrors
� Ceramics, lacquer and bamboo wares
� Furs
� Medicinal herbs and drugs
� Farming and smelting technology
� Chinese inventions of gunpowder, papermaking and printing
Western items brought into China for trade
� Perfumes, ivory, jewels and glassware
� Alfalfa, grapes, sesame, pomegranates, walnuts cucumbers, carrots
� Lions, peacocks, elephants, camels and horses
� Wines and spices
It is my opinion, as a highly esteemed classicist, that the primary export of Han China along the silk road (particularly to the Mediterranean) was silk.
There were many goods from many places -- remember it spread from China To Italy so it included Chinese silk and Italian grains etc.
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What geographic features made using the Silk Road difficult?
It costs more money to ship goods along on the Silk Road.
What goods did Egypt trade in the silk road?
no
What did Constantinople produce during the Silk Road?
food such as berries, grapes, and parsley. they also traded goods such as silk, and cotton
The Silk Road brought goods from to the Mediterranean?
china
Name two goods that traveled along the silk road?
Silk cloth, Spices
What goods from China traveled through the silk road in the?
silk and possibly spices traveled in caravans on the silk road.
What are two goods that traveled along the silk road?
2 of the goods that traveled along the Silk Road were silk and Jade.
What geographic features made using the Silk Road difficult?
It costs more money to ship goods along on the Silk Road.
What goods were the European merchants trading to china?
Silk, Wool, Cotton, Spices, Gold, Etc was all traded through the Silk Road.
What goods and where were traded on the silk road?
papaer
How were goods carried on the silk road?
by carts
What goods did Egypt trade in the silk road?
no
What did Constantinople produce during the Silk Road?
food such as berries, grapes, and parsley. they also traded goods such as silk, and cotton
What goods were exchanged on the silk road?
Silk, tea, spices, woven tapestries, and other handmade things were exchanged on the Eastern Silk Road.
What did Baghdad trade along the silk road?
Baghdad traded goods and ideas along the silk road.
How did the formation of the silk road change the cities that it passed through?
it boosted the economy and gave better access to goods
What goods were transparted on the silk road?
Black people
