The Silk Road was not just a single route, but a vast network of trade paths that connected Asia, Europe, and Africa for centuries. In this video, we unravel how the Silk Road actually worked—not just ...

Michael Wood looks at the opening of the Silk Road ... world: "East and West first start to get to know each other then," Michael says: "You might say it's the beginning of universal history." ...

Known as the first form of global trade in history, the Silk Road allowed Asia to connect with Europe. This connection would have a massive impact on world events. Beliefs such as Hinduism ...

The Silk Road was never really ... treasure troves of the ancient world, increasing our understanding of dozens of cultures. Hansen, an expert in early Chinese history at Yale, presents an erudite ...

Renowned for their sense of commerce and diplomacy along the Silk Road from antiquity to the High ... They fostered relations between the Hellenistic world and the Qin and Han dynasties ...

In his writings, Polo noted Khotan’s wealth as an outpost on the Silk Road, the route that once carried trade between China and the Mediterranean world. On January 14, 1896, a caravan left from ...