Oh Dear the Silk

Hmmm... it's not the milk but it sure does feel good. Who would have thought that this road would stretch as far from China to the Roman Empire? I would have thought maybe within Asia yes but not all the way to the Roman empire. Walking through the deserts and spreading wonderful material all over is the best trade that could help prosper. The trade included silk (of course), dates, clothing, religions and cultures. There were multiple religious concepts that were being spread through this route because the travelers would go to Greece, India, and other stops along the route and envelope and retain the culture. This was a large step to influencing the different regions with diversity and options of multiple beliefs. This also caused a lot of conflict among the regions because by creating forms of diversity within one region that had already become stable with one main religion was not going to end well for the non-believers. I find it so interesting because if you compare how nowadays diversity is valued whereas during that time period Christianity was the widely known religion and when other religions such as Islam and Hinduism started arising and spreading through this route it was very visible that not everyone wanted to follow the Christian religion but it was part of a status quo.