an infamous desert the size of Arizona that for centuries has thinned the ranks of passing caravans on the Silk Road, the most famous trade route in history for more than 2,200 years. Even now its ...

The Mogao Grottoes are located along the ancient caravan routes—collectively known as the Silk Road—that once linked China with the West. Founded by Buddhist monks in the late fourth century, Mogao ...

Ancient traders faced challenges and devised solutions that, surprisingly, resemble some of the practices used by modern ...

The Great Silk Road is a system of caravan routes of ancient times and in the Middle Ages which connected Asia with the Mediterranean and European world. These routes highly influenced the development ...

Caravan to America: Living Arts of the Silk Road. 2002. 144p. Cricket/Marcato, paper, $15.95 (0-8126-2677-X). Gr. 5–8. Through the personal stories of eight Americans, the authors present an engaging ...

Imagine standing where ancient traders once roamed along the historic 'Silk Road', their footsteps etched into the sands ...

Missionaries of many faiths accompanied caravans on the Silk Road, consciously trying to expand the reach ... absorbed many of the local religious temples and doctrines of ancient China. It offered ...

The Great Silk Road is a system of caravan routes crossing in ancient and middle age time Eurasian continent from Mediterranean Sea to China and influencing the emergence and development of trade and ...

Moving trade goods along the ancient Silk Roads was made difficult by the fierce climatic and geographical conditions of desert and mountain regions along vast distances. With transportation limited ...

The Silk Road was a network of ancient trade routes between Europe and Asia that "facilitated the exchange of goods and ideas between people from China to Venice between the second century BC and ...

A Tang Dynasty tomb unearthed in northwest China has shed new light on the lives and heritage of the Sogdians, ancient traders who played a vital role in connecting cultures along the Silk Road. The ...