silk spices precious metals rare pricey stuff
Jewelry
silk and possibly spices traveled in caravans on the silk road.
No farm animals. Mules, camels, carts., yaks, men, horses, donkeys.
Goods are transported on the Silk Road usaully by foot. Along the way people will use camels, horses, and yaks to get safely across.
Baghdad traded goods and ideas along the silk road.
The cost of transport in ancient times was so great that only expensive ones were taken, the rest by sea.
silk and possibly spices traveled in caravans on the silk road.
mostly caravans, that carried silk, gold, spices, and supplies[for the travelers].
by carts
The Mongols encouraged trade and protected the Silk Road from China to the Middle East. This made it cheaper and easier for caravans to transport goods from China.
The Mongols encouraged trade and protected the Silk Road from China to the Middle East. This made it cheaper and easier for caravans to transport goods from China.
Silk Road Destination- During Silk Road Tour in Central Asia you will have opportunity to visit ancient cities flourished when caravans carrying goods from East to West and back passed through these cities and brought wealth to their inhabitants.
Lots of expensive goods were made along the silk road, and with that they would make more money to more people. The silk road was full of different sellers from different places. That's how different materials were spread to different places.
2 of the goods that traveled along the Silk Road were silk and Jade.
For many centuries the Arab camel caravans transported goods between China and the Mediterranean Sea along the route known as the Silk Road. The discovery of America was the result of attempts to bypass the Arabian middlemen.
The "silk road" was a path that caravans of traders took between China (the then only source of silk) to Europe. Therefore it was not a road as we would know one in the modern sense (fit for wheeled vehicles). The rout was used by caravans of pack animals and merchants went in convoy with armed mercenary guards to protect their goods. Along the "road" trading cities grew and flourished - goods were moved from trading post to trading post by different merchants rather than from end to end, the journey would have been too long. There were the equivalent of service stations established along the route, where caravans could stop for breaks in the journey.
No farm animals. Mules, camels, carts., yaks, men, horses, donkeys.
The Silk Road was used in the Han Dynasty