Artifacts indicate that a vast network of trade existed over 3,000 years ago in association with the Poverty Point Culture. The Poverty Point civilization.
Civilizations emerge and develop on fertile river plains in Mesopotamia, Egypt, the Indus Valley, and China.
Poverty Point: An Economic Legacy Long Distance Trade
Chapter 2 Early River Valley Civilizations, 3500 B.C.–450 B.C.
Cross-Cultural Exchanges On The Silk Roads Chapter 12 Mikayla Kelley Echard 4 th hour.