Ancient Globalization

Please use your smart skimming skills to respond to the following questions as a group in class. If you do not finish, please complete for homework. 

Sea, Silk, and Sand Roads. In 1-2 paragraphs, please answer the following questions. Which trade route are you reading about? Where was this trade route, and what places did it connect? When was this trade route in existence? What goods were traded? What is one way this trade route affected politics and social status? What is one way this trade route affected culture?