Cinnamon Jade Silk, skins, iron, mirrors, weapons, porcelain, lacquerware, nephrite jade, rhubarb, ivory, paper, grain, gunpowder, medicines, Epsom salts, elixirs, ginseng, snake bile, seaweed Silver, gold Spices, aromatic roots, resins Sulphur Camphor
Mesopotamia and Egypt
Baku (Azerbaijan) Persia, Middle East Southern Arabia
Household slaves, pets, arena animals, exotic furs, cashmere wool, raw and finished cotton, spinach, sandalwood, palm oil, cane sugar, perfumes, gems, gold, ivory, opium, glass and stone beads
The Silk Road
The Silk Road: introduction
Network of trade routes, which linked the regions of the ancient world in commerce; between China and the Mediterranean
The Silk Road: introduction
Silk A valuable cloth Originally made only in China Fine, strong, soft, lustrous, warm/cool Produced by silkworms Technique/process of sericulture (silk making) were closely guarded secrets Revealed secrets/smuggled silkworm eggs or cocoons outside of China = punished by death.