Economy
Above: Image of the Silk Road and other trade routes
- Merchants during the Tang dynasty traded many goods. Although farm goods, tea, and jade were commonly traded, silk was an especially important and and valuable commodity.
- The secret of making silk (which, by the way, was that you had to use silkworms) was one of the most important secrets China had, because silk valuable to the people they traded with and they didn't want hem to be able to make their own silk. Anyone who turned over this secret would be put to death.
- In the north, farmers grew crops such as barley and wheat, while in the south, farmers grew rice.
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