The Havighurst Center focused on the historical and contemporary cultures of the Silk Road during the academic ... dynasty (C.E. 618-907), and the Mongol Khanate (13th and 14th centuries). The Mongols ...

Two medieval cities in the mountains of Uzbekistan were bustling centers of Silk Road trade between ... constructed around 1000 CE during the time of the Qarakhanid Empire. The cities went into ...

An "elite grave" discovered in the remnants of an abandoned fortress in Mongolia contains the remains of a woman dressed in a yellow, silk ... during the Kitan-Liao (also spelled Khitan) Empire ...

Over 1,400 years ago, they found their way onto the legendary Silk Road by padding alongside merchants ... value and spread them throughout their empire. Persian traders helped spread cats ...