Silk road china

Ancient silk road The Silk Road was and is a network of trade routes connecting the East and West , and was central to the economic...

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Jiayu Pass on the Great Wall, along the ancient Silk Road, Gansu Province,

The Silk Road is a series of trade routes that spanned from Rome to the deserts of Central Asia and was integral to several ancient economies.

Murals at Dunhuang. The oasis town of Dunhuang lay at a crucial junction of the Silk Road, that ancient braid of caravan trails stretching for more than 7,000 kilometres from China to the Mediterranean, which served as a highway not just for merchandise, but also for ideas -religious, cultural and artistic. By the 4th century AD, the Silk Road had brought Dunhuang both commercial prosperity and a growing Buddhist community.

For years, Silk Road travelers made the grueling trek past towering mountain ranges and ancient cities now lost to time. Centuries later, one writer attempts to retrace the journey.

Turpan, the hottest city in China, is literally an oasis in the desert which is why it was an important stop on the ancient Silk Road.

SINGAPORE -- By developing more arteries for connectivity, we should be able to build new blood vessels of development for disadvantaged economies in Asia's hinterlands to create prosperity and opportunities and improve the competitiveness of the whole region.

It allowed for the expansion of trade and wealth, but these famed routes faced a steep decline before they were once again reborn The once-mighty Byzantine Empire fell to the onslaught of the Ottoman Turks, who brought it to its knees © wiki/Topkapı Palace Over centuries, the Silk Road became one of the most important trade routes in the world. It connected the Far East to the world beyond, and allowed culture, philosophy and art to reach new audiences just as it brought trade to new lands…