Learning by Land

The Silk Road linked Europe, the Middle East, and China. Traders went back and forth on it. They worried about being attacked. So they traveled in units or groups.

They set up trading posts to earn a living. They bought and sold goods of worth, like pearls. They searched for new goods to buy and sell. It was a lot of work!

The Silk Road

The Silk Road was a network of big and small roads.

Traders learned and searched for new things. They heard new music.

Traders took new goods and all the things they learned back home. Knowledge spread to humans around the world.

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