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 ...

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 ...

"Until 100 years ago, this route was used by camel caravans. Although it lost some of its significance ... Natural and Historical Heritage Protection Association. After the Silk Road reached Anatolia, ...

Both exhibitions promote the idea of the Silk Road as an east-west network of superhighways linking eastern Asia with western Europe in a free-flowing movement of goods and ideas. It is a deeply ...

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.

Dunhuang was once a crucial trading hub on the ancient Silk Road. Centuries later, 30-year-old Li Peng is following a similar ...

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 ...

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