THE SILK ROAD

EMPEROR WUDI DEVELOPED THE ROAD FOR CHINA TO TRADE WITH EUROPEAN COUNTRIES

China traded things such as silk, salt, spices, and teas.

In return they got things like cotton, ivory, wool, and metals.

FUN FACTS

• It stretched over 4,000 miles
• Marco Polo traveled on it
• It was more than 1 route
• It brought the Bubonic Plague to Europe