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Why did kings want to control the silk route

The kings wanted to control the Silk Route to protect the traders. This was done with the aim of ensuring a flourishing trade. The flourishing trade could ensure good tax collection and collection of tributes. Hence, the kings wanted to control the Silk Route.
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The kings wanted to control the silk route because they believed that they would benefit from taxes, tributes and gifts that were brought by the traders travelling along the route.
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the want to control the silk route to gave security to traders
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to get the benefit on the tax levied on silk...
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to get benefits from traders and when ever they passed near the kingdom king would protect the from robbers in turrn
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because at that time silk was like diamond
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haha
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The kings wanted to control the silk route because silk was a precious and costly fabric. Kings benefited from the taxes, tributes, and gifts that were bought by the traders travelling along the route.
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To get benefited from the taxes,gifts and tributes brought by them.In return the protected them from robbers.
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so they can be benefited from the taxes,gifts,tributes brought by them.
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