Assertion: ivory | /r/HasProperty | moved along the northern silk road
Facets:
value: for consumption by western nations
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: Early reference to the Chinese export of ivory is recorded after the Chinese explorer Zhang Qian ventured to the west to form alliances to enable the eventual free movement of Chinese goods to the west; as early as the first century BC, ivory was moved along the Northern Silk Road for consumption by western nations.