Sassanian settlements in Oman and Yemen testify to the importance of trade with India, but the silk trade with China was mainly in the hands of Sasanian vassals and the Iranian people, the Sogdians.
Os asentamentos sasánidas en Omán e Iemen dan fe da importancia do comercio coa India, aínda que o comercio da seda con China estivo principalmente en mans dos vasalos dos sasánidas e dos pobos iranios como os sogdianos.