The Italian sea republics were State-dependent cities That In the centuries of the Middle Ages they acquired prosperity ...

During the twenty-ninth Conference of the Parties, Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company, also known as Masdar, signed an MOU with a Chinese state-owned equity investment fund, the Silk Road Fund.

The Rus’ also traded in the Caliphate, traversing the Caspian and continuing ... More recently, with a renewed interest in Silk Road studies, some scholars have suggested that the primary economic ...

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to historian William Dalrymple about his latest book, "The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World." Before the Silk Road, there was India's Golden Road ...

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Before the Silk ... spices, gems, oils, ivory, language, goods, literature, science and people, faiths and ideas that changed the world. His new book is "The Golden Road ...

(Xi Jinping’s reaction was not recorded.) William Dalrymple does not deploy that Sanskrit phrase in “The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World.” But his audacious book’s aim ...

From far-reaching empires to seminal religious texts and the growth of expansive trade routes, the fifth century ushered in many important events outside of Europe. The fall of Rome may have ...

PALMYRA, Syria — This ancient city, once one of the most important stops on the Silk Road, bears the scars of ... city where caravans carried silk, spices and other goods between Asia and ...

Spices, ideas, religions, and, yes, even animals moved through the Silk Road that connected China, the Middle East, and Europe. Cats found their way into the heart of this trade system.

The region’s Uyghur people, who have Turkic roots, developed a rich tradition of grilling meat over open flames combined with the currency of spices traded along the Silk Road. There is ...

However, it was mined and traded along the Silk Road in antiquity, the researchers noted. China and Europe, the beginning and end of the Silk Road, were the two most significant cinnabar-producing ...

This Pearl District newcomer, which opened in March 2024, takes inspiration from its namesake Eurasian trade routes known as the Silk Road, and the spices and other ingredients that once traded ...