"While typically seen as barriers to Silk Road trade and movement ... "We could really change the map of urban development in medieval Asia," he said. What are the Silk Roads?

A map of the Silk Road ... the theory of Turkic and Mongolian travelers spreading them along the Silk Road.) In Central Asia, ...

The Silk Road's history took a sudden turn after archaeologists discovered a series of hidden cities beneath Uzbekistan's ...

At its geographic crossroads in Central Asia, where kingdoms of middlemen grew rich, the Silk Road’s goods flowed radially in all directions. North to the Russian principalities. South to Persia ...

The findings raise new questions about the urban development of Asia across the Silk Road and how the route might have driven innovation. "The high-resolution lidar images offer detailed views of ...

The Silk Road's heyday lasted between A.D. 500 and 800, hinting that merchants likely transported the kitties to East Asia along this route. The cats that merchants and diplomats initially gifted ...

China has been projecting itself internationally for some time, in different domains, often referred to as the “New Silk Road”. From Southeast and Central Asia to Africa and South America ...

When Chinese President Xi Jinping rolled out the red carpet for five regional leaders at the first China-Central Asia summit last ... historic symbols of the Silk Road. Billed as the country ...

The Silk Road was also called "Silu" in Chinese. It was a general name for the ancient strategic transportation channel which started from China and passed through Central Asia, West Asia ...

Indians and Arabs traded along the southern sea routes, and in the 16th century Portuguese and other Europeans sailed to East Asia. Many important scientific and technological innovations migrated ...