The 8th-century Shôsôin collection of objects, which originally belonged to a Japanese emperor, is the single most important group of Silk Road-related luxury items still in existence. This collection ...
Uzbekistan was at the crossroads of the ancient Silk Road trade routes connecting India, China and Europe and historical figures such as Babur and Akbar strengthened the bond between the two ...
It was the sea-lanes radiating from India rather than the overland silk road from China that drove international trade, many on Indian ships. Reading Dalrymple and his descriptions of the ...
Bactrian camel, once the SUV of the Silk Road. And then I try to imagine the ... And Babar, who founded the Mughal Empire in India, was also a descendant of Tamerlane. The four-hour drive from ...
The price crash comes just after a significant legal decision regarding Bitcoin seized from the Silk Road, a dark web marketplace shut down by authorities in 2013.