Question

Suppose you developed a map with trade routes similar to the map shown. Why did silk traders use land-based trade routes more than sea routes?

(1 point)
Responses

Silk traders did not trust the sea captains because of pirates.
Silk traders did not trust the sea captains because of pirates.

Silk cloth was too hard to produce and could not fill up a ship.
Silk cloth was too hard to produce and could not fill up a ship.

Sea routes were too dangerous to use for luxury goods.
Sea routes were too dangerous to use for luxury goods.

The Silk Road’s starting points were not along coastal areas

Answer 1

Sea routes were too dangerous to use for luxury goods.

Silk was lightweight but very valuable, so traders preferred the more controllable (and already-established) overland caravan routes despite the longer journey to reduce risk of loss from shipwrecks piracy and storms.