How Chinese Silk Reached the Roman Markets from Asia

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The Chinese history presents how Chinese woolen substance from forest woven together to produce silk became one of the influential factors in Chinese civilization. My reflective reading journal reviews the question: how the Silk Road delivered large quantities of silk to Roman markets, giving birth to Chinese civilization (Beckwith 21). The reading highlights how Chinese silk reached the Roman markets from Asia. The Roman Empire became a rich and powerful regime (Halsall 32).
Since Rome’s supply of gold was depleted, the deserts limited agricultural activities for the Arabian Peninsula. The Nabataeans Arabs controlled the trading routes situated in the barren red sandstone hills, mountains and ravines (Halsall 35). They knew how to survive by preserving rainwater skillfully, to survive in the harsh climate of the Arabian Desert (Halsall 34). The Arabs settled in the Jordanian ravine between the Dead Sea an among rock caves. They supplied water and food to caravan passing through the valley and settled on mountaintops to defend their settlement (Halsall 36).
Petra city was a trade city surrounded by rival regimes. Merchants controlled Petra because of trade interests. Petra was the main route supplying spices, incense and textile from Arabia, Africa and India (Breasted 119). Petraens traveled from the western side as the Phoenicians moved south coast of the Mediterranean Sea, setting among trading communities bringing their cultures. Petra relied on the spice trade, making the community vulnerable to economic changes necessitated by trade (Breasted 120). Petra city declined as a result of the Roman Empire dominance. The growth of Silk Road trade expanded in both the sea and land ,resulting in new cities like Palmyra in the eastern parts that dominated the Middle East trade. Unlike Petra ,trade cities of Palmyra ...