
	Where results make sense

Topic: Cities along the Silk Road

	Silk Road - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Silk road is a translation from the German Seidenstraße, the term first used by German geographer Ferdinand von Richthofen during 1877.
		The Silk Road on the Sea extends from South China, to present-day Philippines, Brunei, Siam, Malacca, Ceylon, India, Persia, Egypt, Italy, Portugal and Sweden.
		The heyday of the Silk Road corresponds to that of the Byzantine Empire in its west end, Sassanid Empire Period to Il Khanate Period in the Nile-Oxus section and Three Kingdoms to Yuan Dynasty in the Sinitic zone in its east end.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Silk_Road (4693 words)

	Silk Road - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		Silk road is a translation from the German Seidenstraße, the term first used by German geographer Ferdinand von Richthofen in the 19th century.
		The Silk Road is unlikely to have been travelled in entirety -- between Africa, Europe or the Middle East and China -- by land.
		The heyday of the Silk Road corresponds to that of the Byzantine Empire in its west end, Sasanid Period to Il Khanate Period in the Nile-Oxus section and Three Kingdoms to Yuan Dynasty in the Sinitic zone in its east end.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/s/i/l/Silk_road.html (4541 words)

	The Silk Road of China - Famous Chinese Landmarks - Travel to China (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Silk road is a translation from the German Seidenstraße, the term first used by German geographer Ferdinand von Richthofen in the 18th century.
		The heyday of the Silk Road corresponds to that of the Byzantine Empire in its west end, Sasanid Period to Il Khanid Period in the Nile-Oxus section and Three Kingdoms to Yuan Dynasty in the Sinitic zone in its east end.
		Ironically, the effect of gun power and early modernity on Europe was the integration of territorial states and increasing mercantilism, on the Silk Road it was quite the opposite: failure to maintain the level of integration of the Mongol Empire and decline in trade, partly due to European maritime trade.
	www.famouschinese.com /virtual/Silk_Road_of_China (690 words)

	Tours - Silk Road
		The Great Silk Road is an amazing creation of mankind, a transcontinental road that connected the ancient civilizations of West and East and served not only for mutually beneficial trade, but for a religious, cultural, scientific and technical achievement exchange.
		The first silk trading road was paved in II century B. and existed till XVI century A. This unique pathway, combining the miracle of engineering technology and human minds, imposing remains of which have been saved to nowadays, passed through Central Asia.
		In the 5 century the city emerged as one of the main cities on the Silk Road.
	www.irkutsk-baikal.com /tours_silk_road.htm (1057 words)

	Silk Road (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Silk road is a translation from the German Seidenstraße the term first used by German Ferdinand von Richthofen in the 19th century.
		The heyday of the Silk Road corresponds that of the Byzantine Empire in its west end Sasanid Period to Il Khanate Period in the Nile - Oxus section and Three Kingdoms to Yuan Dynasty in the Sinitic zone in its end.
		Ironically the effect of gun power early modernity on Europe was the integration of states and increasing mercantilism on the Silk it was quite the opposite: failure to the level of integration of the Mongol and decline in trade partly due to maritime trade.
	www.freeglossary.com /Silk_Road (921 words)

	Monks and Merchants \| The Silk Road, a Larger View
		The Silk Road network is generally thought of as stretching from an eastern terminus at the old Chinese capital city of Chang'an (now Xi'an, just west of the great bend where the Yellow River emerges into the North China Plain) to westward termini at Byzantium (Constantinople), Antioch, Damascus, and other Middle Eastern cities.
		The terrain of the Silk Road was difficult, the possible routes were numerous and complex, and the dangers of the journey were deadly serious.
		Silk Road traffic coming from Central Asia passed through the Middle East along many different routes and with many different destinations; the Middle East was in some sense an end-point for the Silk Road, but perhaps more importantly a trans-shipment zone.
	www.asiasociety.org /arts/monksandmerchants/silk.htm (383 words)

	sociology - Silk Road (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Silk Road (Traditional Chinese: 絲綢之路; Simplified Chinese: 丝绸之路; pinyin: sī chóu zhī lù) was an interconnected series of routes through Southern Asia traversed by caravan and ocean vessel, and connecting Chang'an, China with Antioch, Syria, as well as other points.
		The disapearance of the Silk Road following the end of the Mongols was one of the main factors that stimulated the Europeans to reach the prosperous Chinese empire through another route, especially by the sea.
		In effect, the spirit of the Silk Road and the will to foster exchange between the East and West, and the lure of the huge profits attached to it, has conditioned most of the history of the world during the last two millenia.
	www.aboutsociology.com /sociology/Silk_Road (2949 words)

	Silk Road
		The Silk Road is at its height, and we are at its beginning: somewhere in eastern China, in a humble, windowless hut, dark and silent, without furniture or people.
		The Silk "Road" is a misnomer, for actually it was many roads, many slender filaments originating in thousands of towns and cities all over eastern China.
		The city of Jiaohe, for example, dates from the second century B.C., and was both an prosperous commercial center and a devoutly Buddhist town--until its destruction by Jenghis Khan.
	alumnus.caltech.edu /~pamlogan/srart.html (3317 words)

	Silk Road Travel Information - Detailed Travel Guide
		Xian:The city of Xi'an was the first Chinese city to open up its doors to the Ancient world, during the Tang dynasty when Xi'an blossomed as the first stop on the Silk Road...
		Lanzhou: With a population of 2.83 million people, Lanzhou is one of the largest cities in the northeast, and it was one of the main city of the silk road....
		Jiuquan: It is a major stopover on the "Silk Road" northwest-wards from Lanzhou, capital of Gansu Province.
	www.silk-road-china.com /information.htm (448 words)

	Silk Road
		Artistic transmission on the Silk Road - Buddhist deities - The image of the Buddha, originating during the 1st century CE in northern India (areas of Gandhara and Mathura) was transmitted progressively through Central Asia and China until it reached Japan in the 6th century CE.
		It then was adopted by China between the 4th and 6th centuries CE and displayed on tiles and ceramics; then it transmitted to Japan in the form of roof tile decorations of Japanese Buddhist temples circa 7th century CE, particularly in Nara temple building tiles, some of them exactly depicting vines and grapes.
		The great explorers: Europe reaching for Asia - The disappearance of the Silk Road following the end of the Mongols was one of the main factors that stimulated the Europeans to reach the prosperous Chinese empire through another route, especially by the sea.
	www.crystalinks.com /silkroad.html (3346 words)

	Beauty, the Land of China - the Silk Road
		The description of this route to the west as the "Silk Road" is somewhat misleading.
		Secondly, the Silk Road was not a trade route that existed solely for the purpose of trading in silk; many other commodities were also traded, from gold and ivory to exotic animals and plants.
		The name "Silk Road" itself does not originate from the Romans, however, but is a nineteenth century term, coined by the German scholar, von Richthofen.
	library.thinkquest.org /20443/silkroad.html (1152 words)

	CNTO - China National Tourist Office
		The Silk Road was the main artery for business and trade between China and the West.
		Along the Chinese section of the Silk Road, there are numerous famous historic and cultural sites.
		Loulan was an ancient state in the desert and houses the Ruins of the Ancient City of Gaochang.
	www.cnto.org /silkroad.asp (447 words)

	Cities along the Silk Road - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The northern route along the Taklamakan desert from Kashi, China to Anxi, China:
		The southern route along the Taklamakan desert from Kashi, China to Anxi, China:
		[edit] Along the Silk Road (of the sea)
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cities_along_the_Silk_Road (151 words)

	The 2002 Smithsonian Folklife Festival: Connecting Culture, Creating Trust
		When Samarkand first became a way station on the Silk Road in the 4th century b.c.e., it was called Maracanda and was the capital of Sogdiana.
		Because of their geographic location, particular cities along the Silk Road were good resting stops and transfer points of goods from one caravan to another.
		Often at war with the tsar’s armies, the Uzbeks lost Samarkand to Russia in 1868, and the city later became the capital of the Uzbek Republic of the Soviet Union.
	www.silkroadproject.org /smithsonian/samarkand/geography.html (852 words)

	Silk Road - China National Tourist Office, Toronto, Canada
		This city is home to a magnificent castle with a tower and two three-story gates at the East and West.
		This city is the capital of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in China's far Northwest.
		Kashgar is located at the junction of the south and north routes of the Silk Road.
	www.tourismchina-ca.com /silkroad.html (783 words)

	The Silk Road (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Chinese would trade their silk with the Indians for precious stones and metals such as jade, gold, and silver, and the Indians would trade the silk with the Roman Empire.
		Silk proved to be an expensive import for the Roman Empire since its trade across Indian and Central Asia was heavily controlled by the Parthian Empire.
		While the Chinese silk trade played a minor role in the Chinese economy, it did increase the number of foreign merchants present in China under the Han Dynasty, exposing both the Chinese and visitors to their country to different cultures and religions.
	library.thinkquest.org /13406/sr/?tqskip=1 (535 words)

	The Silk Road
		Along with the images of Buddhas and Boddhisatvas, there are scenes of the everyday life of the people at the time.
		From their foothold in Northern Iran, merchants brought the faith along the Silk Road, and the first Nestorian church was consecrated at Changan in 638 A.D. This sect took root on the Silk Road, and survived many later attempts to wipe them out, lasting into the fourteenth century.
		The height of the importance of the Silk Road was during the Tang dynasty, with relative internal stability in China after the divisions of the earlier dynasties since the Han.
	www.ess.uci.edu /~oliver/silk.html (8680 words)

	SPICE lesson: Along the Silk Road
		Trade on the Silk Road flourished during three major time periods: (1) the 2nd century B.C. through the 2nd century A.D., (2) the 7th to 10th century A.D., and (3) the 12th to 14th century A.D. These were periods that saw the unification of great empires of the East and West.
		With the fall of the Mongols in the 14th century and the fall of Constantinople in the mid-15th century, the Silk Road disintegrated again.
		While the Silk Road traders also engaged in bartering, their experience in trading along the Silk Road involved a lot more preparation and risk taking, risks that were tied not only to their money but also to their lives.
	www.isop.ucla.edu /eas/sum-inst/links/silkunit.htm (4440 words)

	Silk Road – Travel China Guide
		While traveling along the Silk Road, the visitor can encounter about 20 different nationalities (ethnic groups) some of which, like the Uigur, Tibetan, and Mongolian speak their own language and have their own writing.
		The Silk Road spans most of China, from modern cities in the central China to isolated villages and towns in the remote west.
		Traveling along the Silk Road, is today much easier due to the recent developments of tourism and transportation infrastructure.
	www.travelchinaguide.com /essential/silk-road (1214 words)

	WSEAS Conferences: www.wseas.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Census bureau estimate of 7/20/2005 is 11,322,000 for the city proper.
		Empire of Nicaea and a refuge for refugees from the sacked city of Constantinople.
		Anatolia migrated to the city to find employment in the many new factories that were constructed on the outskirts of the city.
	www.wseas.org /conferences/2007/istanbul/mino/location.htm (3035 words)

	The Silk Road (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Silk road is the name for the trade route between the Mediterranean Sea and China.
		The first users of the road must have lived in the first half of the first millennium BCE, but the name 'Silk road' dates from the first century BCE.
		The northern branch went from Susia through the Karakum desert, passing along the oasis Margiana (Mary or Merv) and the Scythian tribes along the Amudar'ya, to Maracanda (Samarkand) in Sogdia or to Bactra (Balkh, near modern Mazâr-e Sharîf) and Drapsaca (Kondûz).
	www.livius.org /sh-si/silk_road/silk_road.html (909 words)

	Silk Road Travel Guide, Travel Guide to Silk Road
		Silk Road, is the collective name given to a number of trade routes linking the Chinese and Roman Empire.
		The opening of the road boosted a number of cities which served as important trade centers on that route.
		Large and Clear maps of Silk Road and a large collection of pictures along the Silk Road.
	www.chinahighlights.com /silkroad/index.htm (290 words)

	National Geographic MapMachine: Student Atlas - Silk Road Photos, History
		Kashi was an important stop along the Silk Road.
		Silk was an important commodity for the Chinese, who kept the process of its creation secret for centuries.
		By the 15th century trade along the Silk Road declined as more and more people chose less dangerous sea routes, and the era of Silk Road travel and trade came to an end.
	java.nationalgeographic.com /studentatlas/clickup/silk.html (352 words)

	Silk Road Project - Silk Road - Overview
		Important periods for the Silk Road were the Chinese Han dynasty (206 B.C.E.-C.E. 220), the Chinese Tang dynasty (C.E. 618-907), and the Mongol Khanate (13th and 14th centuries).
		The Mongols, who ruled a vast empire, safeguarded a northern Silk Road land route that crossed the Eurasian steppes.
		Transfer of these innovations, including gunpowder, the magnetic compass, the printing press, silk, mathematics, ceramic and lacquer crafts, was gradual, so that the West had no clear idea as to their origins.
	www.silkroadproject.org /silkroad/overview.html (424 words)

	Silk Road and Golden Horde Review
		Fedorov-Davydov, the archaeologist who excavated Medieval cities along the Silk Road, shares his exquisite finds with us as we follow him through the Eurasian steppes.
		The Golden Horde, descendants of Genghis Khan, scourge of the West, raid and trade with the Chinese in the East and with Iran, Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Italy in the West.
		Drawing from archaeology and the diaries of adventures, envoys, and ambassadors who visited the ulus, ordos, and courts of the great khans, the author draws a picture of the life of the nobility and commoners who, once were nomads, but now build cities along the Volga and Don rivers and as far west as Moldova.
	www.csen.org /Pubs_Sales_Reviews/Fed_Davydov/Fed-Dav.Review.html (261 words)

	the silk road's impact (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The contribution of the Silk Road is still apparent today.
		the road was established, with its trade routes, cultural exchange,
		Road are now obscure locales, the impact of the Silk Road will
	hometown.aol.com /xxsilkroadxx/impact.html (201 words)

	Silk Road - China-related Topics SI-SL - China-Related Topics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Silk road is a translation from the German languageGerman Seidenstra?e, the term first used by GermanyGerman geographer Ferdinand von Richthofen in the 19th century.
		In its heyday, the Silk Road sustained an international culture that strung together groups as diverse as the Magyars, Armenians, and ChinaChinese.
		the http://www.bl.uk/whatson/exhibitions/silkroad/main.html British Library Silk Road exhibition, with a digitisation of The Diamond Sutra, the oldest known printed book.
	www.famouschinese.com /virtual/Silk_Road (3068 words)

	Silk Road Travel Faqs
		Answer: The Silk Road covers several provinces and regions in China, from Xian in the east to Gansu Province and Xinjiang Province in the west.
		Answer: There are only two cities that have international air connections among all cities along the Silk Road in China.
		The roads in Xinjiang are just normal as in other cities; however in some remote areas, they are poorly maintained.
	www.travelchinaguide.com /faq/silk-road.htm (1142 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)