What products were traveling through the Silk Road?

Of course silk is one of the import goods. Others include tea, sugar, chinaware, jewels, lacquerwork, vegetables and fruits.

Silk, tea, spices, military equipment, gold and silver, semi-precious stones and glass items. Samarkand made glass was especially valued due to its high quality. It was considered as luxury goods. Other goods were skins, wool, cotton fabrics, gold embroidery, exotic fruits – water-melons, melons and peaches; fat-tailed sheep and hunting dogs, leopards and lions.