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 ...

Turpan used to be an important strategic point on the Silk Road. As early as two thousand ... and Turpan again became a frontier town of China, serving as a stopover for merchants, monks, and ...

A 2,200-year-old burial discovered in northwestern China has revealed the remains ... dates back to a time when the Silk Road was a major trade route. Experts believe the staining could be linked ...

On the eve of Beijing’s May 2017 Summit on its New Silk Road strategy and plans, historians may well ask how China was able to turn the tables on America in Eurasia. Just six years ago ...

where it links up with the rail network in China. The project in Laos has been heavily criticized by opponents of the new Silk Road because of its financing. World Bank figures seem to corroborate ...

Sea routes, important for trade and for communication, may also be considered part of the Silk Road. During the Han dynasty, Chinese ships traded with Southeast Asian kingdoms. During the 7th and 8th ...

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 ...

China's first pet cats arrived in the country around 1,400 years ago — likely via the famous Silk Road trading route, ancient feline DNA reveals. This new research — hailed as a "knockout ...

A map of the Silk Road. Encyclopædia Britannica Merriam-Webster ... The popular origin of dumplings in ancient China begins ...

Journey through the ancient city of Samarkand where culinary rituals and timeless tales of the Silk Road converge—from ...