One of the most important products that ancient China.......to the world was ......, a light and soft fabric made from the cocoons of silk worms. There was a high.....for places as far away as Rome. Though the journey was long and perilous, the high prices of silk in foreign contries made it worth the..... Silk and other goods traveled from China through vast.....and over montain ranges. The route that many of these traders took became known as the .....because silk the most important good that was traded along it.
In order to protect themselves, merchants often traveled in groups called..... Because the journey was so long and arduous, most of the goods that were traded along the Silk Road were .... items tat were..... but expensive such as silk, ivory,.......,fur , and jade. the silk road was also important for the ... ... of ideas.