The trade goods exchanged across Afro-Eurasia during this second Silk Roads era, including ceramics, textiles, foods, spices, and high-value art, were impressive. But as was the case with the first era, religious exchanges were perhaps of even greater significance to world history.
The expedition was launched in retaliation for Villa's attack on the town of Columbus, New Mexico, and was the most remembered event of the Mexican Border War.
