Connected China, India, and the Middle East. Traded goods and helped to spread culture.

To exchange goods or services without the use of money

Exchange of goods and services

The spread of ideas, customs, and technologies from one people to another

A valuable cloth, originally made only in China from threads spun by caterpillars called silkworms

A group of traders traveling together

people who buy and sell goods

criminals who attack and steal from travelers

goods and services sold and traded

person who buys goods from producers to sell them

large desert along the Silk Road

mountain range along the Silk Road, located just north of India and south of China.

starting and ending points of main Silk Road

an explosive consisting of powdered mixture of saltpeter, sulfur and charcoal

Material manufactured in thin sheets from the pulp of wood or other fibers substances used for writing, drawing or printing on

an instrument for measuring and recording time

a instrument containing a magnetized pointer that shows the direction of magnetic earth and bearing from it

a white vitrified translucent ceramic; china

decorative handwriting or handwritten lettering.

a flat piece usually of wood, metal, or plastic, winged vertically hear the stern of a boat or ship for steering

to print something (such as a block) from hand carved wooden blocks

was an ancient network of trade routes that for centuries were central to cultural interaction

a series of fortifications