SILK! among other things if it started in China then why do you think it is called the SILK road?
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As contact with people from other lands increased, the Chinese realized how valuable their silk was as an item of trade. So, the techniques of silk production became a closely guarded state secret. Because of the worldwide demand for silk, Chinese commerce expanded along the Silk Roads to most of Asia and, through India, all the way to Rome.
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What made the silk road so successful was that it was used a lot for trade and travel. People became wealthy using the silk road. The trade provided highly sought after goods, which commanded high prices. It also benefited people all along its route, for instance supplying the west with silk and the Chinese with horses.
The Europeans wanted to buy the silk, manufactured from the silk worms cocoon's by the Chinese.
Hwell christopher Columbus bombed Pakistan, ate some chicken nuggets, and then BAM. silk roads.