WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Whilst China had a wide variety of local fruit produce including peaches, plums, apricots, and persimmons, they also carefully cultivated new produce arriving from the Silk Roads including figs, dates, cherries, melons, pomegranates, grapes, almonds, pistachios, walnuts, caraway, coriander and sugar cane.

Detailed explanation-2: -Metal and clay were two important materials to be traded, as were textiles and all kinds and carpets, which were highly valued in both east and west. Exotic foods and flavours were particularly precious commodities, bringing new tastes such as pepper to the west.