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

pilgrims braving bandits on the open road and bazaars of the Far East filled with treasures beyond imagination: the mere mention of the Silk Road to any medieval adventurer would have them wide ...

More terrifying still were the sword-wielding bandits who preyed on caravans and ... was another precious item carried along the Silk Road: Buddhism itself. Other religions surged along this ...