What was traded on the Silk road?

What was silk traded for on the Silk Road?

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    They traded spices, gold, silver, jewelry, metalwork, glassware, animals, sheep, goats and horses, ivory from Africa, flowers, fruits herbs and spices from the middle east, furs and skins from Russia, and of course knowledge. In return merchants came back with many products from China including silk and porcelains . The routes went north to Russia, West to the middle East and Europe, South West to Egypt and Africa, south to Nepal, India and the Indus Valley (now Pakistan) an East to Japan, Korea and the trading ports in the south China Sea including Java.

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