Sentence Completion

Complete the sentence with ONE word from the passage for each blank.

The Silk Road was not a single highway but a sprawling network of trade routes linking China with the Mediterranean. Along it travelled not only silk but also spices, paper, and precious metals. Just as importantly, ideas moved with the merchants: religions, technologies, and artistic styles spread between distant cultures. Caravans of camels carried goods across deserts, stopping at oasis towns that grew wealthy from the passing trade.

The Silk Road carried goods such as spices and between China and the Mediterranean, and merchants crossed the deserts using caravans of .