I found it interesting... Chapter 7

I found it interesting to read that the “Silk Roads” didn’t simply carry goods such as silk, they also carried or facilitated the regionalization of religions. It was interesting to read about the analogy of camel saddle bags carrying cargo and technological advances such as iron tools to those same roads carrying religious beliefs. The silk roads allowed Buddhism and Islam religions to travel thousands of miles across the continent and allowed the influence of those religions to people outside of their origin. 

Another interesting read was that the silk roads apparently prevailed when large states provided security across Eurasia. For over 3000 years the silk roads helped develop commerce and societies as a whole to develop into what they would become. Silk, particularly, allowed the Eurasia people to live a more prestiges life and status among their peers. From the Roman Empire to Chinese elites, they all wanted the precious commodity.