Before the region got swallowed up by the Russian Empire, the Caucasus served as a transit point between Europe and Asia; the old Silk Road passed through it. Yet transport between West and East ...

In the winter peaks of the Caucasus, I have grown thirsty surrounded ... was long a stopping place for camel caravans plying the Silk Road. And where is the Qizilqum? Stretching from parts of ...

History buffs can visit its Silk Road outposts and glorious mountaintop ... Fiji Scattered throughout the dramatic crag of Armenia's Caucasus Mountains, ancient monasteries perch on scenic peaks.