The Silk Road was a series of routes extending north and south. People used these routes to carry goods between Rome and Chang’an. At times, sea routes carried this trade, as maritime technologies improved or when violence threatened land traders. When pirates and other perils faced the merchants on the sea routes, trade increased on the land routes.Along the routes of the Silk Road, different regions offered goods such as dates, copper, herbs, and finished products. Goods such as the magnetic c