The city, now the country’s capital, was long a stopping place for camel caravans plying the Silk Road. And where is the Qizilqum? Stretching from parts of Kazakhstan to southern Uzbekistan ...

This thrilling, wide-ranging exhibition maps the complex connections among European and Asian civilizations from A.D. 500 to ...

Nor was China, the alleged terminus of the Silk Roads in most versions of its conception, ever the main destination of ...

Moving trade goods along the ancient Silk Roads was made difficult by the fierce climatic and geographical conditions of desert and mountain regions along vast distances. With transportation limited ...

Mr. Jeff, would you like to ride a camel?,” my guide Ikram asked while waiting outside my yurt. Oh goodness, I thought to ...

A city larger than many in Europe at the time was perched in the mountains.

Conjuring up images of merchants on camel-led caravans, pilgrims braving bandits ... the mere mention of the Silk Road to any medieval adventurer would have them wide-eyed with wonder.

Archeologists have uncovered stunning details of two long-lost medieval cities that once thrived along the ancient Silk Road ...

Students will explore elements of trade along the Silk Roads by examining the products of various locations along the route--production, influences of resources and environment, challenges of ...

We are here in solidarity for the Camel Caravan, whose focus is building peace bridges amidst warring communities that use the Ewaso Ng'iro River as a resource of their livelihoods. It also ...

The domestic Bactrian (two-humped) camel remains perfectly adapted ... ‘He took care of the caravans travelling the Silk Road,’ our Uzbek Jules Verne tour guide Marat tells us.