Easy-to-transport foods, like noodles and dumplings, were necessities along the trade route The post Stir Fried: How the Silk ...

ASTANA — Beneath the streets of modern-day Turkistan lies the ancient settlement of Yassy-Turkistan, an archaeological ...

New detection technologies have helped a team of American and Uzbekistani researchers map a pair of cities that were once part of the ancient Silk Road trade route across Asia. Aerial light ...

Globalisation is a dynamic phenomenon shaped by the unpredictable forces of the world, including pandemics, trade wars, ...

Traders on the Silk Road then returned with exotic spices, nuts, and jewels from Europe and the Middle East. Starting around 200 BC and extending 4,000 miles, the Silk Road got its name from the ...

Interesting. Although the population comparison with Siena seems exaggerated. 6th century Siena was small and unremarkable. 10th century Siena had over 10k. Siena had up to 50k inhabitants before ...

For centuries, China safeguarded the secret of silk production until the emergence, around 114 BCE, of the Silk Road, which is now the subject of a major exhibition at the British Museum (through ...

TASHKENT -In the mountains of Uzbekistan, archaeologists aided by laser-based remote-sensing technology have identified two lost cities that thrived along the fabled Silk Road trade route from the ...

KHORGOS, China -- Trade is thriving along the "modern Silk Road," which passes through a far-flung city on the border of China and Kazakhstan. Khorgos is about 3,500 kilometers due west of Beijing ...

GUANGDONG, China, Sept. 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Since the Tang Dynasty (618-907), Guangzhou in Guangdong Province has been a prominent port where Sino-foreign trade flourished, attracting ...