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ancient empires

ArabiaAksum china gupta empirepersiaroman<br>empirearabian seabay of bengalred seamediterranean seanavigation by Polaris ancient fishing boats camel saddlesPhoenician shipsHistories of Herodotus Obelisk of Shalamaneser IIIndikaDongson DrumChhien Han Shutechnologies objectsdocuments slavesturtle shells clothmetal spicesA majority of China's trade went through <br>the Silk Roads across Asia. No one ever <br>went all the way on the Silk Roads, they <br>would meet people halfway. travelers/ otherStrabo the GeographerPharaoh Necho IIAshokaAlexander the GreatCaspian SeaThe Persian Empire had an extensive<br>road system of trade routes, and the <br>roads were maintained by the state to <br>encourage trade. In addition to trading <br>over land, the traders of the Persian <br>Empire payed great attention to seaborne <br>opportunities of tradeThe Romans imported a whole variety of materials:<br>beef, corn, glassware, iron, lead, leather, marble, <br>olive oil, perfumes, purple dye, silk, silver, spices, <br>timber, tin and wine. The main trading partners were <br>in Spain, France, the Middle East and North Africa. <br>Britain exported lead, wollen products and tin.Both the camel caravan routes across <br>the deserts of Arabia and the ports along <br>the coast of South Arabia were part of a <br>vast trade network covering most of the <br>world then known to Greco-Roman <br>geographers as Arabia Felix.Ch'ang- an Pataliputra mervMerchants would travel from central Africa, <br>Persia, India, and Egypt bringing their goods <br>to Aksum to trade. Aksum had access to <br>several different trade routes including major <br>waterways such as the Red Sea, the Gulf of <br>Aden, and the Nile River. Trade with India brought in Indian culture with things such as <br>Buddhism. The Silk Road was very important to the Han <br>Dynasty because of how much land it covered (7,000 miles). <br>It allowed China to trade with India, Central Asia, and the <br>Roman Empires
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