The Silk Road wasn’t a camel rut worn in the steppe ... the former Soviet republics that straddle the Silk Road’s antique caravan trails—Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan ...
By the Tang Dynasty (618-907 CE), they powered trade along the Silk Road, linking China to Central ... This "Bactrian Camel with Rider" funerary figure reflects this history, embodying movement ...