Editing The Silk Road and Trade Networks (section)

== <span style="color: #FFFFFF;">Remembering</span> ==
* '''The Silk Road''' — A network of trade routes connecting the East and West from the 2nd century BCE to the 18th century.
* '''Caravanserai''' — Roadside inns where travelers (and their camels) could rest and recover from the day's journey.
* '''Commodities''':
** '''Silk''' — China's secret treasure, used as money and a symbol of high status in Rome.
** '''Spices''' — Pepper, Cinnamon, and Cloves from India and Indonesia that flavored the food of the world.
** '''Paper''' — A Chinese invention that moved west, eventually making the "Renaissance" possible.
** '''Horses''' — Strong "Heavenly Horses" from Central Asia that were traded for Chinese silk.
* '''The Steppe''' — The vast, grassy plains of Central Asia where the "Nomadic Tribes" (like the Mongols) lived and controlled the trade.
* '''Maritime Silk Road''' — The sea routes through the Indian Ocean that connected China, Southeast Asia, and Africa.
* '''Marco Polo''' — The Venetian traveler who wrote a famous book about his 24-year journey across the Silk Road to China.
* '''Ibn Battuta''' — The Moroccan scholar who traveled over 75,000 miles across the Islamic world and beyond.
* '''The Pax Mongolica''' — A period of "Mongol Peace" in the 13th and 14th centuries where the Silk Road was safer and more efficient than ever before.
* '''The Bubonic Plague (Black Death)''' — A deadly disease that traveled along the Silk Road in the 1340s, killing half of Europe.
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