Trade was used by the Chinese and the Mongols to get supplies that they needed but didn't have in there province. The only way anyone could get the supplies they had to have a paizu (an official "tablet of authority"). It was made of wood, copper, or gold. The words inscribed on it were "By the strength of the eternal Heaven, sacred by the name of Khan. Let him that pays him not reverence be killed". The silk road was located between China and Europe. At the time of Genghis Khan the Mongols held all the land along the entire length of the silk road. Because of the Mongols the silk road was under one authority for the first and only time. Marco Polo was the famous traveler of the Silk road and he could speak Turkic which enabled him to speak directly to Khan. This made more successful trade for him and the people.
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