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The Silk Road is the name of different roads that long ago connected Europe, Africa and Asia. People r1. these different places along these roads. Scientists believe people began to travel along the Silk Road about 3,000 years ago. By the time the Chinese silk trade b2.important in the world. The Silk Road covered a 3. 6,500 kilometers. It went from Rome to China, which is from the West to the Far East.

Businessmen travelled along the Silk Road to c4.silk and trade it, of course, many other things like spices (香料), cloth, jewels (珠宝) and gold.

Along and around these ancient roads, have come many wonderful and magical stories.

It is said that Roman soldiers who lost a war travelled through central Asia. They d5. to live somewhere near the ancient Chinese villages. Some of these Romans married local Chinese women and the legend (传说) of the fair-haired, blue-eyed tribes (部落) of China was started.

Some historians believe that the people of Kashmir (克什米尔) were taken away from their country Israel (以色列). They were prisoners (俘虏) of war 2,800 years ago. People say that these people travelled along the Silk Road. They kept their Jewish (犹太人的) way of life for a long time.

D6.its busiest period, the Silk Road allowed people from many different cultures and countries to meet each other and mix. The Silk Road allowed the sharing of v7.things and new ideas. It included people and trading goods (货物) from different a8.. All these people travelled along the Silk Road. And they shared goods, stories, languages, and cultures.

In modem times, the old Silk Road routes (路线) are still u9., but now they are crossed by trains instead of c10.and horses. There is even silk route museum in Jiuquan in China. It has over 35,000 cultural objects (文物) from all along the Silk Road. In this way, China protects the history of many countries and peoples.

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