Begun in the 2nd century B.C., this "road" of trade stretched 4,000 miles from China to the Mediterranean
Routes along the Persian Royal Road, constructed in the 5th century BC by... [DOC] [TLE] Central Asia - A SHORT HISTORY OF THE SILK ROAD World Trade [PAR] Pegolotti was a merchant on the Silk Road, one of the great trade routes of the 
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