The Silk Road

by Derek L. Miller

The Silk Road played a fundamental role in the transmission of art, religion, and goods, including luxury items such as jewelry, spices, textiles, and horses. The opening of trade between cultures as distant as ancient China and Rome also came with a big cost: disease. This colorful book examines the establishment of this sweeping trade route, the explorers who opened trade, and the wide-ranging consequences of the more than 1,300 years of history...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1502626918
• ISBN13: 9781502626912
• Release Date: July 2017
• Publisher: Cavendish Square Publishing
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 12 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12