Scientists have gained new insight into the Silk Road through the discovery of two abandoned cities. Located in southeastern ...

Good ideas travel easilyand far along trade routes, and the Silk Road was no exception to that rule. A famous example of a Chinese invention that helped to transform the world is paper. Paper was ...

We review three enthralling criminal indictments in the United States, which were published between 2013 and 2015 and related to the Silk Road darknet market. Piecing together information hidden deep ...

On the eve of Beijing’s May 2017 Summit on its New Silk Road strategy and plans, historians may well ask how China was able to turn the tables on America in Eurasia. Just six years ago ...

I travel the world reporting on emerging markets and China overseas. The New Silk Road is the defacto label applied to the emerging network of infrastructure mega-projects, enhanced transportation ...

Religious beliefs of the peoples of the Silk Road changed radically over time and was largely due to the effects of travel and trade on the Silk Road itself. For over two thousand years the Silk Road ...

A Tang Dynasty tomb unearthed in northwest China has shed new light on the lives and heritage of the Sogdians, ancient traders who played a vital role in connecting cultures along the Silk Road. The ...

The Havighurst Center focused on the historical and contemporary cultures of the Silk Road during the academic years 2005-6 and 2006-7. As part of that focus, 15 Miami faculty received a ...