The Silk Road
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The Silk Road (or Silk Routes) is an extensive interconnected network of trade routes across the Asian continent connecting East,
South, and Western Asia with the Mediterranean world, as well as North and Northeast Africa and Europe. The Silk Road gets its
name from the lucrative Chinese silk trade, a major reason for the connection of trade routes into an extensive trans-continental
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The Silk Road was a trade route that linked between China and the outer world. Ideas as well as goods were
exchanged through the Silk Road between China and the outer world. Religious ideas such as Buddhism,
Christianity and Muslim were transferred to China, and technological inventions such as printing and gunpowder
were taken from China via the Silk Road.
The documentary series The Silk Road, created through the joint cooperation of China's CCTV and Japan's NHK,
consists of 42 episodes. Among the full episodes, here are available the first twelve episodes, exploring
China's historical sites, villages, religions and cultures along the Silk Road: Glories Of Ancient Chang An,
A Thousand Kilometers Beyond The Yellow River, The Art Gallery in the Desert, The Dark Castle, In Search of
the Kingdom of Lou-Lan, Across The Taklamakan Desert, Khotan-Oasis of Silk and Jade, A Heat Wave Called Turfan,
Through the Tian Shan Mountains by Rail, Journey Into Music:South Through the Tian Shan Mountains,
Where Horses Fly Like the Wind, and Two Roads to the Pamirs.
The Silk Road: Episode 01 - Glories of Ancient Chang An
The Silk Road crew explore historical sites and cultures in Chang-An, including the Great Wall and
the incredible Clay Army. ...
The Silk Road: Episode 02 - A Thousand Kilometers beyond the Yellow River
There they see huge water wheels, called Prince Zuo's wheels, used to irrigate farmlands. Then they
show how the ancient traders could cross the Yellow river using a goat-skin raft. ...
The Silk Road: Episode 03 - The Art Gallery in the Desert
In this episode - The Art Gallery in the Desert, the Silk Road crew go to the Gobi Desert and look around
the Mogao Caves at Dunhuang. ...
The Silk Road: Episode 04 - The Dark Castle
The Silk Road crew travel to Khara-khoto from Ju-chang by cars and riding camels. A person of Tangut tribe
tells a story about the last king of Khara-khoto - Batir. ...
The Silk Road: Episode 05 - In Search of the Kingdom of Lou-Lan
The Silk Road crew leave Yan-guan for Lou-Lan on the west side of Lake Nop Nur in the Taklamakan Desert,
accompanied with Chinese military people. ...
The Silk Road: Episode 06: Across the Taklamakan Desert
They try to reach Niya across the Taklamakan Desert by camels. Niya was once a major commercial place on the Silk Road ...
The Silk Road: Episode 07 - Khotan-Oasis of Silk and Jade
This episode tries to introduce local cultures and industries in the region of Khotan, an oasis town in the southwest
part of the Taklamakan Desert and largely populated by Uyghurs. ...
The Silk Road: Episode 08 - A Heat Wave Called Turfan
The Silk Road crew explore the hottest region on the Silk Road - Turfan, once called Land of Fire:
Mud lake below sea level; ...
The Silk Road: Episode 09 - Through the Tian Shan Mountains by Rail
In this episode, the Silk Road crew travel from Turfan to Korla by train, through the Tian Shan Mountains.
On the way of their journey, they experience how difficult camel travel over the mountain passes would have been
for historic Silk Road travelers. ...
The Silk Road: Episode 10 - Journey into Music: South Through the Tian Shan Mountains
Kucha is famous for two things - music and fresh fruits. They find people in Kucha enjoy music and dancing
everywhere: farmers sing harvesting crops and processing them; ...
The Silk Road: Episode 11 - Where Horses Fly like the Wind
The Silk Road crew take a journey along the north Tian Shan route of the Silk Road and meet people from many different ethnic groups.
The Silk Road: Episode 12 - Two Roads to the Pamirs
The Silk Road crew take a journey from Kashgar, via Tashkurgan in the Pamir Plateau, to the border between China and Pakistan along the Silk Road.
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