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The Silk Road: Connecting the ancient world through trade - Shannon Harris Castelo

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With modern technology, a global exchange of goods and ideas can happen at the click of a button. But what about 2,000 years ago? Shannon Harris Castelo unfolds the history of the 5,000-mile Silk Road, a network of multiple routes that used the common language of commerce to connect the world's major settlements, thread by thread.

Which of the following factors hindered early connections between early river valley civilizations?

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