Bandits were a common threat along the Silk Road. The bandits learned that not only silk was being traveled through those roads, but also gold, precious stones, glass, and other materials from China.
The process of expanding the European Union (EU) through the accession of new member states began with the Inner six, who founded the European economic community in 1958.
I believe the answer is the United States.
Subsistence crops are grown for the direct benefit of the farmer and their family. Cash crops are grown to deliberately be sold. ... Cotton makes a poor subsistence crop because you can't eat it and it has to be processed before it's useful (ginned, spun and woven)
