The history of the Silk Road, a vast network of ancient and medieval trade routes connecting Beijing and Hangzhou with Constantinople and Cairo, has mostly been focused on its endpoints: China and the ...

As his journey around the world continues, writer Paul Salopek encounters the enduring spirits of one of history’s great trade routes.

Foreword / Lorenz Hurni -- Preface : what is a map? / Valerie Hansen -- Introduction / Philippe Forêt and Andreas Kaplony -- Traces of the Silk Road in Han-Dynasty iconography : questions and ...

Researchers scoured previously classified Japanese military maps that accurately represent a lost Silk Road route. These maps detailed the Great Mongolian Road, which included key settlements and ...

The Silk Road facilitated trade from Asia to Europe and vice versa for more than a millennium. Find out why its fabric finally started to fray. The Han Chinese court welcomed Western trade for one of ...

What was traded on the silk road? Trace how an ancient appetite for silk connected the cultures and civilizations of East and West. Invented in China around 5,600 years ago, silk was the slipperiest, ...