The Silk Ribbon of Highways STEPHEN E. NASH / 15
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The Silk Ribbon of Highways
STEPHEN E. NASH / 15 DEC 2016
A thousand years ago, the Silk Road was in its heyday. Caravans hauling tons of commodities and luxury goods crisscrossed Asia and the Middle East from Xi’an, China, in the east to Constantinople (now Istanbul), Turkey, in the west. Major trading centers along the way included Baghdad in Iraq, Samarkand in what is now Uzbekistan, and Turfan in western China.
https://www.sapiens.org/column/curiosities/silk-road/
STEPHEN E. NASH / 15 DEC 2016
A thousand years ago, the Silk Road was in its heyday. Caravans hauling tons of commodities and luxury goods crisscrossed Asia and the Middle East from Xi’an, China, in the east to Constantinople (now Istanbul), Turkey, in the west. Major trading centers along the way included Baghdad in Iraq, Samarkand in what is now Uzbekistan, and Turfan in western China.
https://www.sapiens.org/column/curiosities/silk-road/
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