Spice Trade is an example when it was all started at the end of the Silk Road; it went on to become the most profitable time of trade, and changed the course of the modern world.
The Silk Road was an “ancient network of trade routes used between 130 BCE-1453 CE” established by the “Han Dynasty” (Mark 1). The Silk Road connected China to the Middle East, Greece, Rome, and Britain (Mark 15). Some of the items traded on the Silk Road included: spices, medicine, rice, slaves, gold and silver, horses, weapons…
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