As silk fabrics became all the rage in imperial Rome, explorers and merchants opened up land and sea routes, fostering not only commerce but a robust exchange of wisdom and beliefs. Two merchants ...

So, what were the events that defined the history of the Silk Road, and why did this system eventually end ... to A.D. 220 and concentrated on the movement of silks from China to Rome, where people ...

The story of this ancient international heist reveals much about the ancient economies of both ancient Rome and China.

The Great Silk Route, or Silk Road, was the fabled overland supply chain that famously allowed the supply of Chinese goods to reach ancient Rome from ... many points in history when disorder ...

In a groundbreaking discovery, archaeologists recently unearthed the remains of two medieval cities hidden in the grassy mountains of eastern Uzbekistan, challenging long-held assumptions about ...

Renowned for their sense of commerce and diplomacy along the Silk Road from antiquity to the High ... and integration characteristic of Sogdian history in China. The genetic duality found in ...

Scientists have gained new insight into the Silk Road through the discovery of two abandoned cities. Located in southeastern Uzbekistan, the cities were likely large urban centers that now point ...

The Silk Road was never really a road at all ... Hansen, an expert in early Chinese history at Yale, presents an erudite, scholarly look at artifacts as diverse as Buddhist sutras, ancient ...