1.5 Timeline

1) http://www29.homepage.villanova.edu/christopher.haas/Crossroads.htm



1.4 Maps of The Silk Road

0) Map of Ancient Silk Road with Modern Cities and Countries




1) silkroutes.net

http://www.silkroadencyclopedia.com/


2) http://www29.homepage.villanova.edu/christopher.haas/Crossroads.htm

Link here: http://www29.homepage.villanova.edu/christopher.haas/SilkRoad-map.jpg

3) Penn Museum (http://www.penn.museum/silkroad./exhibit_silkroad.php)

Link here: http://www.penn.museum/silkroad./images/SSR_map_small.jpg

4) http://rnrblog.roughandreadytours.net/category/central-asia


5) http://www.livius.org/a/1/maps/silk_road_map.gif



6) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bd/ZhangQianTravel.jpg



http://www.gansumuseum.com/vm_bwg_en1/wzxx.aspx?_wzid=af33fb32-fb55-4059-8a14-74ce6e5be30c







1.2 Places of Interests along The Silk Road

1.2.1)   Xian
1.2.2)   Lanzhou
1.2.3)   Zhang ye
1.2.4)   Jiayuguan
1.2.5)   Dunhuang
1.2.6)   Loulan (Ruoqiang)
1.2.7)   Weili
1.2.8)   Huqa
1.2.9)   Kashi
1.2.10)   Hotan
1.2.11)   Wusum (Li River Valley)
1.2.12)   Dawan
1.2.13) Kangju
1.2.14) Dayuesi
1.2.15) Anxi / Iran
1.2.16) India


Historical Pitstops

1.1 The People whose names were mentioned in literary and historical works on the Silk Road


HuangDi - The Yellow Emperor and "Father of China"  CLICK HERE

photo: TravelChinaGuide.com
Visit the HuangDi Mausoleum here. 


Zhou Mu Wang Reputed to the first Silk Road Traveler CLICK HERE


Zhang Qian 140 BCE, 115BCE



Xuan Zang

traveled the Silk Road from China to India and was credited for bringing Buddhist scripts to China

Xiong Nu



Qin Shi Huang Di - The First Emperor of China


Wang Yanglu - Daoist abbot who is credited for the discovery of the manuscripts in the Dunhuang Mogao caves 


Baron Ferdinand von Richathofen - coined the term "The Silk Road" CLICK HERE


photo: http://www.richthofen.de/allgemein/historisches/family-history/silesia-prussia.html