China is the first country in the world to produce silk (丝绸).Several centuries ago, Chinese s【小题1】 was the most popular product which was taken to the West. Zhang Qian, a famous traveler, first “set up” the Silk Road. From then on, the Silk Road ran t【小题2】 different countries. The Silk Road was r【小题3】 as China’s “national road”. It was the most i【小题4】 connections (连接) between the East and the West.

Many businessmen traveled in large caravans (车队) in the past. They exchanged a lot of p【小题5】 along the Silk Road. The caravans took silk to the West. From the West, the caravans brought back gold, colored glass and European food.

Central Asia was in the middle part of the Silk Road. The caravans carried silk and other products and traveled from China through Central Asia to the West. There were t【小题6】 main routes—the northern route, the central route and the southern route.

The Silk Road was not only necessary for businessmen to trade their products, but also very important routes which s【小题7】 different cultures.