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- Kashgar was the meeting point of the east and the west Silk Road.
- The Pamir Mountains was a hard way to get to Kashgar because the top was over 20,000 feet high and the oxygen level was low.
- Passages through the mountains were very thin.
- The Syrian Desert was also very dangerous because people would be attacked by lions, tigers and scorpions.
- Chinese traders traded with the middle east for perfumes, cosmetics, and carpets.
- At the time the Roman emperor (Tiberius) banned men from wearing silk because it made them look weak.