Steve Nimis in the Department of Classics. The "Silk Road" refers to a series of routes that crisscrossed Eurasia from the first millennium B.C.E. through the middle of the second millennium C.E. The ...

The maps have been cross analyzed with archeological ... But some scholars say the impact of overland Silk Road routes has been overestimated -- in part because ships along maritime routes from ...

In his writings, Polo noted Khotan’s wealth as an outpost on the Silk Road, the route that once carried trade between China and the Mediterranean world. On January 14, 1896, a caravan left from ...

With Google Earth, Google maps (or similar mapping program) projected for the class to see, review the various routes and tremendous extent of the Silk Roads with students ... What are possible road ...

But even this route, at an estimated 30 days, puts China no closer to Europe than to New York, which can be reached in 24 days from China via the Panama Canal. And the Polar Silk Road will only be ...

It is, therefore, no surprise that a new international trade route called ‘the Arctic Silk Road’ is getting a lot of attention. The Arctic Silk Road is a £240 billion megaproject led by ...