Silk Road

{{Silk Road}}The Silk Road (Traditional Chinese: 絲綢之路; Simplified Chinese: 丝绸之路; pinyin: sī chóu zhī lù, Persian راه ابریشم Râh-e Abrisham) was an interconnected series of routes through Southern Asia traversed by caravan and ocean vessel, and connecting Chang'an (today's Xi'an), China, with Antioch, Syria, as well as other points. Its influence carried over into Korea and Japan.

See also

• List of cities along the Silk Road.
• The detailed histories listed under Kashgar, Khotan, and Yarkand.

External links

• Chinese Silk and The Chinese Silk Road
• China National Tourist Office
• Cities Along the Silk Road (University of Washington)
• The history of the Silk Road by Oliver Wild
• International Dunhuang Project
• Old World Traditional Trade Routes Project
• Travel report incl. photos along the Silk Road
• Silkroad Foundation
• Silk Road Project