commodities and currencies across the ancient world. While the connection between Europe and East Asia was severed in 1453 when the Ottomans boycotted China, segments of the Silk Road continued to ...

China’s beloved drunken poet died centuries ago—or did he? Discover Jiangsu: ancient gateway to the Maritime Silk Road Discover Jiangsu: ancient gateway to the Maritime Silk Road Rediscovering ...

Experts reveal that merchants brought domestic cats to China via the Silk Road, supported by new DNA research on ancient cat ...

The brief history of the Karakuduk oil ... systems uniting a colossal Old World consumer market touching 60 countries. The new Silk Road is Chinese. A man collects Soviet-era relics in Moynoq ...

a pioneering envoy who helped establish the ancient Silk Road across Central Asia, launched the study of archaeology at Northwest University in China’s Shaanxi province. The research laid the ...

Throughout its long history, China has alternately opened ... Waves of Fortune: China's Maritime Silk Road is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple ...

For over 1,600 years, merchants, traders, monks and soldiers who journeyed to China’s ancient capital of Xi’an to witness its magnificence travelled via the Silk Road. Now a UNESCO World ...

In ancient times ... Many of those that left China travelled along trading routes that would become known as the Silk Road. These were routes stretching from east to west, and were used by ...

Six significant archaeological sites in China were named the top new discoveries of 2024, it was announced Wednesday at an annual forum hosted by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. The ...

Luxurious, beautiful and enduring, silk is almost synonymous with the land that first produced it over four thousand years ago and monopolised it for so long - ancient China. Long before the Roman ...