As his journey around the world ... of history’s great trade routes. A traditional sheepskin coat blows in the wind in Turtkul, Uzbekistan, on a highway that follows the ancient Silk Road.
Read on to find out everything you need to know about the history of the Silk Road, and why it's so important. Few trade routes in history have had as big an impact on the course of the ...
Good ideas travel easilyand far along trade routes, and the Silk Road was no exception to that rule. A famous example of a Chinese invention that helped to transform the world is paper. Paper was ...
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 ...
The tale I have just told you - a 'Just So' story of one of the greatest technology thefts of history ... time that the Silk Road was vitally important in the developing world of the eighth ...
At one point, Japan was the world's biggest exporter. On this episode of Journeys in Japan, Sheila Cliffe from the UK follows the Silk Road from northern Kanto, once a major production area ...