WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Both animals hauled goods along the Silk Road. Bactrian camels are fit for the cold climates of Central Asia, Mongolia and China, and were commonly used on the eastern trade routes. Arabian camels were more likely to be used on the western routes.

Detailed explanation-2: -Merchants on the silk road transported goods and traded at bazaars or caravanserai along the way. They traded goods such as silk, spices, tea, ivory, cotton, wool, precious metals, and ideas.

Detailed explanation-3: -Silk and many other goods were carried from the East to the West and back. Judging by the road’s name silk was the main commodity in the list. Thanks to its light weight, compactness, enormous demand and high price it was ideal for trade and long-distance transportation.

Detailed explanation-4: -Pack animals-especially camels-made the transportation of goods over land on the Silk Road viable.

Detailed explanation-5: -Travel on the Silk Road For example, the Han Chinese used camels captured from the Xiongnu to carry military supplies. Camels were tough. They withstood the harsh desert conditions of Central Asia and could carry up to 500 pounds!

Detailed explanation-6: -Donkeys have long been used around the world as beasts of burden-to transport goods through Europe in the time of the Greeks and Romans, and as an integral aspect of trade along the Silk Road.