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Nikki Creamer April 14th 2010
// Dear Travel Journal,

Today I am travling on the Silk Road and almost in Xi'an. I'm going there because I'm meeting someone to take me to Dunhuang. My name is Barb Hanks. After I meet Tom Wilber in Xi'an.He is a farmer in Dunhaung. Thats why hes taking me there.

Apil 13 2010 I arrived in Dunhuang to see a farm house I'm almost there. I'm about 3 hours away. And its getting dark and I'm getting sleeply. I am going to camp in the woods.

April 14th 2010 I arrived in Tufan I'm here to sell a cow, two horses and a pig for something to eat.It is 9:30 in the morning and I'm hungry.I got a piece of chicken and some water. Now I'm going to Samarkand to find a place to stay.

April 15th 2010 I arrived in Samarakand and how I got there, I had to climb the rugged range. After I got there I saw a farmer milking a cow. His son helped him by getting the eggs from the chickens.Then I was going to trade a bucket of chicken feed for a ckicken. //

//April 16th 2010 I arrived in Baghdad I finally got a house to myself and I dont have to travel any more places to find a house.There was a lot of trading there. They traded Grains,Ginger,Oils,Cinnamon,Cloves,Copper,Silk,Teakwood,Pearls,Sandelwood,and Gold.//

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(Miners used new iron drill bits to mine more what?) Minors used new iron drill bits to mine more salt.

(Paper was used by whom?)Paper making was used by the Chinese.

(For what?) For writing on and for drawing.

Doctors discovered that certain foods prevented disease. They used herbs to cure illnesses and eased pain by sticking thin needles into patient's skin. (What is this treatment called?) Acupuncture.

The Chinese also invented the rudder which was a new way to move the sails of ships. (Why was this important?) So they can travel to the islands of southeast Asia and into the Indain Ocean.