This ancient Silk Road town was almost lost to time
Dandan-Oilik was once a thriving complex packed with Buddhist temples in the Taklimakan desert. What do we know now about ...
3 Common Startup Ideas Being Used By Ancient Silk Road Traders
Ancient traders faced challenges and devised solutions that, surprisingly, resemble some of the practices used by modern startup founders. Here are three strategies employed by Silk Road traders and ...
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On the Ancient Silk Road, a Walk Shadowed by a Mystery
A traditional sheepskin coat blows in the wind in Turtkul, Uzbekistan, on a highway that follows the ancient Silk Road. It wasn’t a single road but a network of commercial routes that once ...
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Kashmir: The Silk Route Tales
A narrative on the fortnight long trek for making of 16-film history series, Kashmir: The Silk Route Tales from Srinagar to ...
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Happy Map: Ancient Tea Route of China
Ancient Tea Route of China, also know as Southern Silk Road, was one of the biggest established trade routes between China and Europe. In today Happy Map, Ivan has invited Senior flight attendant ...
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Historic Silk Road
The Silk Road was also called "Silu" in Chinese. It was a general name for the ancient strategic transportation channel which started from China and passed through Central Asia, West Asia ...
THE WEEK2mon
Two ancient cities have been discovered along the Silk Road
The Silk Road was a network of ancient trade routes between Europe and Asia that "facilitated the exchange of goods and ideas between people from China to Venice between the second century BC and ...
Asia Society10y
Trade in the Silk Road Cities
Moving trade goods along the ancient Silk Roads was made difficult ... review the various routes and tremendous extent of the Silk Roads with students. Ask students to help map the following cities: ...
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Unveiling ancient civilization along the Silk Road
The 1938 excavation of the tomb of Zhang Qian, a pioneering envoy who helped establish the ancient Silk Road across Central Asia, launched the study of archaeology at Northwest University in China ...
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Study Sheds Light on the Sogdians, the Ancient Silk Road Traders
A Tang Dynasty tomb unearthed in northwest China has shed new light on the lives and heritage of the Sogdians, ancient traders who played a vital role in connecting cultures along the Silk Road. The ...
Asia Society16y
Trade Along the Silk Roads
Along the length of one classroom wall, create a Silk Roads map made of construction paper with the ... and geography of the Silk Roads by reading aloud The Silk Route : 7,000 Miles of History, by ...