Welcome! You are beginning your journey as a merchant whose goal is to trade with at least ''5'' cities across the Silk Roads.
TWO of those cities must be in-land (land), and TWO must be port cities (sea).
You MUST START at a city in the EAST. Use the orientation on the map to figure out what is EAST.
You MUST END at a city in the WEST.
You as a merchant have 5 different cloths (silk), 3 types of wooden scupltures from various places, 4 pieces of rare jewlery and stones, and 100 gold pieces to trade on your way to the West.
Choose one of the these cities to START at:
[[Luoyang]]
[[Chang'an]]
[[Guangzhou]]Hello and Welcome to Luoyang. If you choose to start here please be aware that the journey ahead is full of ups and downs. Will you be rich in the end? Or will you have nothing?
Here is your frist trade.
A fellow merchant is offering to trade you 3 cloths for 50 gold pieces.
Do you take it?
If yes, you move onto next city.
If no, you move onto the next city without the extra gold.
[[Yes]]
[[No]]Hello and Welcome to Chang'an. If you choose to start here please be aware that the journey ahead is full of ups and downs. Will you be rich in the end? Or will you have nothing?
Here is your frist trade.
A fellow merchant is offering to trade you 4 cloths for 60 gold pieces.
Do you take it?
If yes, you move onto next city.
If no, you move onto the next city without the extra gold.
[[Yes]]
[[No]]Hello and Welcome to Guangzhou. If you choose to start here please be aware that the journey ahead is full of ups and downs. Will you be rich in the end? Or will you have nothing?
Here is your frist trade.
A fellow merchant is offering to trade you 1 wodden scupture cloths for 60 gold pieces.
Do you take it?
If yes, you move onto next city with the extra gold.
If no, you move onto the next city without the extra gold.
[[Yes]]
[[No]]You answered yes to your first trade! Congratulations! Now it is time to go to Dunhang or Ankamedu.
If you choose Ankamedu be warned of bandits and cold weather as you pass through the Himalayas.
If you choose Dunhang be warned of the mighty Yellow river you have to cross, and bandits lurking in the hills.
[[Danhung]]
[[Ankamedu]]
You have completed your first trade! Congratulations! Now it is time to go to Dunhang or Ankamedu.
If you choose Ankamedu be warned of bandits and cold weather as you pass through the Himalayas.
If you choose Dunhang be warned of the mighty Yellow river you have to cross, and bandits lurking in the hills.
[[Danhung]]
[[Ankamedu]]
You have arrived in Danhung, a little tired and hungry. You first stop at a local shop to rest and get food. Once you are done eating you head to the local market to trade your goods.
As you set up, you reaize that you have lost a wooden scuplutre on your way here.
People flock to your booth, and someone trades you both wooden sculptures for 2 pieces of rare jewlery and stones. You now have 6 pieces of rare jewlery and stones, along with 5 cloths, and 100 gold or 160 gold pieces.
Since you accepted this trade, you move onto the next city with more items to trade at other cities.
Now, do you choose to go to Khotan or Barbarikon?
[[Khotan]]
[[Barbarikon]]You have arrived in Ankamedu, a little tired and hungry. You first stop at a local shop to rest and get food. Once you are done eating you head to the local market to trade your goods.
As you set up, you reaize that you have lost 2 pieces of rare jewlery and stones on your way here.
People flock to your booth, and someone trades you both 10 gold pieces for 1 wooden sculpture. You know have 2 pieces of rare jewlery and stones, along with 5 cloths, 100 gold or 160 gold pieces, and 2 wooden sculptures.
Since you accepted this trade, you move onto the next city with more items to trade at other cities.
Now, do you choose to go to Khotan or Barbarikon?
[[Khotan]]
[[Barbarikon]]As the wind blow you across the sands of the Taklamakan Desert, and you arrive in Khotan just as the local market is closing for the day.
You decide to take a rest for the night and will set up in the morning.
During the night you hear noise outside the inn you are staying at and don't think much of it. When you go to check on your stuff in the morining. You notice that all but 1 cloth is gone!
Oh no!!! Bandits have stolen your cloths that you wanted to trade in this city.
What do you do now? Do you trade your rare jewlery and stones or your gold for more cloth?
[[Jewlery and Stones]]
[[Gold]]The weather was kind to you as you arrive in the port city of Barbarikon. You have 3 hours before the local market closes for the day. You set up shop and trade as much as you can in 3 hours.
People come to your booth and you trade all your jewlery for gold, and buy more cloth with the gold, along with more wooden sculptures.
You have one more stop before you end your journey.
You spend the night at a local merchant's house and leave in the morning heading to your last city. Where do you go? Taxila, or Barygaza?
[[Taxila]]
[[Barygaza]]You choose to trade all your jewlery and stones for 3 more cloth.
You then move onto the next city.
Do you choose Taxila or Barygaza?
[[Taxila]]
[[Barygaza]] You have choosen to use your gold to pay for more cloth. You paid 90 pieces of gold for 3 more cloths. You now have 10 or 70 gold pieces left to use.
After you make the trade you move onto the next city.
Do you choose Taxila or Barygaza?
[[Taxila]]
[[Barygaza]] You make it to the end of your journey!!!
You trade the rest of your items for 50 gold peices. You end up with 150 or 210 gold pieces. However, they all get stolen when your back it turned to look at another merchant's booth.
Now what do you do? Do use the gold you have in your pocket to make it home or stay here and work with a local merchant till you have enough money to begin the jounrey again?
That is up to you.
If you choose to go back to your starting city please note that the journey will be different from the one you just took.
However, you now know how to trade along the Silk Roads. Congratulations!!! You made it across the Silk Roads to the far off West lands.
[[End Here!!!]]You arrive in the city at day break and set up your booth right before the local market opens.
You trade the rest of your items for gold and spend the gold on exotic items to trade on the way back.
Congratulations!!! You have completed your journey and ended up with many new things to trade on your way back to the start.
Now it's time to head back or stay here. That is up to you.
Do you go back to the your strating city or stay here?
If you choose to go back to your starting city please note that the journey will be different from the one you just took.
However, you now know how to trade along the Silk Roads.
[[End Here!!!]]Congratulations!!! You made it across the Silk Roads to the far off West lands.
Please make sure that your table on the google doc is filled out and turn in when finished.