Silk route

The Silk Road and Arab Sea Routes Source: Adapted from Martin Jan Mansson. The Silk Road was the most enduring trade route in human history, being used for about 1,500 years. Its name is taken from…

Ladakhi women wearing ethnic traditional clothing and Perak (turquoise encrusted hats) at a local fair in Sumur village. Silk route festival, Sumur, Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, India. Archive | Website | Google+ | Blog | Tumblr | Twitter | Pinterest Follow me on Facebook

Photos of Uzbekistan, the most architecturally stunning of all the Central Asian ‘stans. What more reason do you need to travel to Uzbekistan? Travelers are buzzing about Uzbekistan, and it’s easy to see why. The quintessential Silk Road destination, it’s home to some of the most incredible architecture in the world, historical sights centuries old, and a population of forward, friendly locals—why wouldn’t you want to visit this stunning ‘stan? Need more motivation? Go ahead and scroll…

Silk Road, ancient trade route, linking China with the West, that carried goods and ideas between the two great civilizations of Rome and China. Silk went westward, and wools, gold, and silver went east. China also received Nestorian Christianity and Buddhism (from India) via the Silk Road.

The Silk Road was a vast system of trade routes that connected China with tas far as Rome.

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SINGAPORE -- By developing more arteries for connectivity, we should be able to build new blood vessels of development for disadvantaged economies in Asia's hinterlands to create prosperity and opportunities and improve the competitiveness of the whole region.

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Οι δρόµοι του µεταξιού χρονολογούνται από τον 1ο αιώνα π.Χ. Συνέδεαν την Κίνα µε την Ευρώπη, την Ανατολή µε τη Δύση, διασχίζοντας το κέντρο του Ασιατικού οροπεδίου, καλύπτοντας πάνω από 8.000 χιλιό…