A very interesting long detailed study of trade from East to West and West to East. The route was incredibly arduous long and dangerous. War caused plunder and chaos, trade led to peace and exchange of goods and technology. Silk was astonishing to the point of seeming magical and the technology was laborious and not easily transferred. Rome was dependent for all its commodities. Evidently the climate of the time allowed very productive wheat fields across northern Africa.
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