The Silk Road, extending over 4,000 miles, was a large network of trade routes used in ancient times for centuries to exchange different goods, materials, ideas, and several other different things; good and bad. The Silk Road routes stretched from China through India, Asia Minor, up throughout Mesopotamia, to Egypt, the African continent, Greece, Rome, and Britain1. Silk was very sought after in ancient times, and was only produced in China. The Chinese had kept the secret of silk-making for over 2,000 years. The moths that produced this silk were found mainly in China hence their hold on the silk trade. Silk became very popular and high-demand which made silk the most exported good on these routes, gaining the name the Silk Road. Silk was
