As early as 1.9 ka BP, the complex of trading networks on sea and land that are known today as the Silk Road ran from Europe, Africa, Arabia, Persia, India, China, Korea, Japan and back again. Traders did local legs of the massive voyage, stopping at market cities to sell their goods which would then be traded again a little further away and so on, until silk from China wound up adorning Roman emperors and Roman gold-flecked glassware jewels ended up the prized possession of a 1.5 ka BP Japanese nobleman.

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