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   The Silk Road wasn’t even a road, not paved not
    even a route.
   The Silk Road was a name of any given route led
    from China to Rome.
   It was a 4000mi hike
   The Silk Road began in 2nd century B.C.
   The Chinese used the Silk Road to trade with the
    Romans.
   The Chinese traded spices, ivory, and silk for silver
    and gold.
All the black dots are the routes where the Chinese
and other civilizations stopped and traded their
goods for other goods they wanted.
 On the map it doesn’t show that the Chinese did
stop in Jordan.
   According to the Chinese Legend silk was
    discovered in 2460 B.C
   The silk came from silk worms
   The silk worms were actually caterpillars
   The Chinese used the caterpillars cocoons
   They used the caterpillars eggs
Silk production and silk road in ancient china

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Silk production and silk road in ancient china

  • 2. The Silk Road wasn’t even a road, not paved not even a route.  The Silk Road was a name of any given route led from China to Rome.  It was a 4000mi hike  The Silk Road began in 2nd century B.C.  The Chinese used the Silk Road to trade with the Romans.  The Chinese traded spices, ivory, and silk for silver and gold.
  • 3.
  • 4. All the black dots are the routes where the Chinese and other civilizations stopped and traded their goods for other goods they wanted. On the map it doesn’t show that the Chinese did stop in Jordan.
  • 5. According to the Chinese Legend silk was discovered in 2460 B.C  The silk came from silk worms  The silk worms were actually caterpillars  The Chinese used the caterpillars cocoons  They used the caterpillars eggs