MER Article DragonMart, the Mega-Souk of Today's Silk Road In 1998, a shipwreck was discovered off the coast of Indonesia. It turned out to be the remains of an early ninth-century dhow from the Gulf that had been headed back from China with a cargo of over 70,000 items, primarily ceramics, produced in different Chinese regions. The goods varied in style an JACQUELINE ARMIJO • 9 min read