Silk Road
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The Silk Road was an ancient trade route from East China to Central Asia and Europe. The Silk Road was influential because it brought grapes, cotton, chestnuts, lucerne, pomegranates, and Buddhism to China and shipped out techniques for silkworm breeding, iron smelting, and papermaking westward.
The Silk road ran for 5,000 miles across Asia and increased trade in silk and fine goods between Asia and Europe. Merchants did not travel the entire length, goods were passed on by middle-men who extracted large sums of money for their services. Ideas were also passed along the Silk Road. Buddhism entered China due to trade along the Silk Road.
