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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Don Durito" data-source="post: 8318233" data-attributes="member: 6687260">Does it need to be a commodity?  The Road of Kings or Road of Princes, works just as well, as reference to all the lands passed through rather than to the commodity.Religions travel along trade routes also, so it could be the Path of Prophets.You could pick a commodity that sounds exotic or distant from the place you're focusing the game on.  So if you're in a Europe expy, it could the Jade Road, or the Cinnabar way.There's also dyes.  They may be hard to get in certain places.  In ancient times purple dye was made from sea snails and was extremely rare (the colour of emperors).  If it's traded a long way you could have the Porphyry Road.  Lapis lazuli was also traded long distances.  "Lapis Lazuli Road" is a bit of a mouthful but maybe the Lazurite Road, or just the Blue Way.  Or it could be just the Jewel Road.</blockquote>