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Gomez 1 Chapter 8: Networks of Communication & Exchange, 300 B.C.E.-1100 C.E. I. The Silk Road A. People of Central Asia engaged in long distance movement & exchange from at least 1500 B.C.E. B. The Silk Road- trade route linking the lands of the Mediterranean with China by how of Mesopotamia, Iran, & Central Asia ? ? 1. first period of heavy use from approx. 100 B.C.E. to 907 C.E. ? ? 2. another began in the thirteenth century C.E. & lasted until seventeenth ? ? century II. Origins & Operations A. Recurring wars between the Parthians & the Seleucids & later between the Parthians & Romans ? ? ? 1. prevented travelers from the Mediterranean region from gaining ? ? knowledge of the Parthian kingdom