1. What is NOT true about the Silk Road? * A) It was used for trading purposes.
B) It was more active from 130 BCE to the 13th century.
C)Its southern route went right through Sauran.

2. What was Sauran’s main function? *
A) It was Kazakhstan’s capital and a major trading century.
B) It served as a resting point for travellers.
C) It offered supplies to the White Horde Empire.

3. Which part of the city is still standing today? *
A) the mosque
B) the marketplace
C) the walls

4. What did the archaeologists’ research reveal? *
A) that the city’s residents were very advanced
B) that the city was once under siege
C) that the city’s inhabitants left suddenly

5. Why was Sauran abandoned?*
A) because it was attacked
B) because the Silk Road was moved to neighbouring cities
C) because the Silk Road was no longer used as a trade route

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