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Ancient silk road The Silk Road was and is a network of trade routes connecting the East and West , and was central to the economic...

The Silk Road: The Route That Made the World - In Ts May 17 Travel Issue four writers retrace the land routes of ancient explorers looking at food religion art poetry and silk-making.

The image depicts a desert landscape with golden and blue sand dunes. The sky is a light orange with stylized clouds of gold. Two camels with riders are traversing the dunes, which are textured with delicate gold lines. The scene evokes a sense of ancient travel and the beauty of the desert.

Silk Road, ancient trade route, linking China with the West, that carried goods and ideas between the two great civilizations of Rome and China. Silk went westward. Wools, gold, and silver went east. China also received Nestorian Christianity and Buddhism (from India) via the route. Read more about the Silk Road here.

The brief summary of the Silk Road and why it was important to World History, including a map and details on the civilizations that traded along it.

SINGAPORE -- By developing more arteries for connectivity, we should be able to build new blood vessels of development for disadvantaged economies in Asia's hinterlands to create prosperity and opportunities and improve the competitiveness of the whole region.

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You've heard of the great Silk Road? The biggest trading route overland in ancient history! And now there's about to be a rebirth and it all starts in Xi'an