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What do you think would have been the advantages and problems in transporting silk by sea?

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Advantages
(i) The sea route was a shorter route.
(ii) the rulers could not demand taxes.
Problems
(i) The ships could be attacked by pirates.
(ii) Sometimes weather would be rough at sea.

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