As early as 100 B.C., during the Han Dynasty, Chinese traders were transporting goods along the Silk Road. Under the Tang Dynast
y in the eighth and ninth centuries, trade along the Silk Road reached its height. Describe the importance of the Silk Road in the exchange of goods and ideas during this time.
Your description should include examples of some of the goods and ideas that moved along the Silk Road and the direction in which they traveled.
The Silk Road was important because they were able to acculturate various cultural beliefs amongst the traders as well as they were able to trade different products like silk, spices. However, despite the cultural and mercantile trade the Silk Road had also brought along various diseases and ailments amongst the people involve in the trade.
The Silk Road traveled from China,India,Persia and other Mediterranean countries.
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