Trade routes once crisscrossed the ancient world for thousands of years, bringing salt from the harsh deserts of Africa, delicate silks from Asia and fragrant herbs from Indonesia to the capitals of Europe and the British isles. And while modern methods of transportation have made those long slow treks with camels and wagons mostly a thing of the past, new generations of traders have reinvented themselves to fit more modern times.
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