To countless chaikhanas: The mom-and-pop teahouses are dropped like dusty boots beside a new Silk Road highway roved by truckers from Turkey and Iran. To a border checkpoint goodbye: A man with a ...

The Silk Road was also called "Silu" in Chinese ... His assistant visited Anxi (now Iran) India and a number of other countries. These countries and regions in turn also sent diplomatic missions ...

Diverse elements of Chinese culture and civilization have influenced Persian literature, particularly Persian poetry. Many ...

The £13 billion project aims to redefine this country's position in global trade and create the new "Suez Canal".

beautiful objects and a series of unique people and cultures combined to make this trip a rare opportunity to travel in the footsteps of the ancient makers of this famous Silk Road trade route.

When Silk Road trade reached its peak between the 3rd ... Ikat silk made in the Fergana Valley was exported to Iran, Turkey, Russia as well as in the Khanates of Khiva and Bukhara, which received ...

The Chinese Ambassador to Iran Zong Peiwu has written a congratulatory message on the arrival of the new Iranian year known as Nowruz, stressing the importance of cultural interactions between Iran ...

Series about traditional crafts along the ancient trade route of the Silk Road. Each film follows a day in the working life of a weaver, woodcarver and potter in China, Uzbekistan and Iran.