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Latika was reading a bedtime story to her little brother about how silk was discovered accidentally. She started wondering about how silk was traded with the rest of the world.

Which of the following do you think could have been traded by using the Silk Route?

A
Spices
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B
Clothes
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C
Religious ideas
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Plastic bottles
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Solution

The correct options are
A Spices
B Clothes
C Religious ideas
Silk was traded by using the Silk trade route. Silk was in high demand in Rome. This was why the Silk trade route emerged. Later it became very famous, and many other countries also used it. The Silk Route was also used for the trade of other items like spices and minerals. It was also used for the exchange of religious ideas and philosophies. This was how Buddhism entered India.

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