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  2. Caravan (travellers) - Wikipedia

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    The luxurious goods brought by caravans attracted many rulers along important trade routes to construct caravanserais. These were roadside stations which supported the flow of commerce, information, and people across the network of trade routes covering Asia, North Africa, and southeastern Europe , and in particular along the Silk Road .

  3. Azalai - Wikipedia

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    The other major West African salt caravan route, heading from around Agadez to Fachi and Bilma in Niger, is called Taghlamt (in Tamasheq, or Taglem or Tagalem in Hausa language). The two are among the last caravan routes in the Sahara that are still in use. Both caravans have largely been replaced by unpaved truck routes.

  4. Tea Horse Road - Wikipedia

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    Map of the Tea-Horse route. The Tea Horse Road or Chamadao (simplified Chinese: 茶马道; traditional Chinese: 茶馬道), now generally referred to as the Ancient Tea Horse Road or Chamagudao (simplified Chinese: 茶马古道; traditional Chinese: 茶馬古道) was a network of caravan paths winding through the mountains of Sichuan, Yunnan and Tibet in Southwest China. [1]

  5. Darb El Arba'īn - Wikipedia

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    Sudanese telegraph stamp depicting camel caravan (1898) Map of Bir Natrun, a stop on the trade route that was known as a valuable source of rock salt (1925) [1]. Darb El Arba'īn (Arabic: درب الاربعين) (also called the Forty Days Road, for the number of days the journey was said to take in antiquity) is the easternmost of the great north–south Trans-Saharan trade routes.

  6. Google Maps Road Trip - Wikipedia

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    Google Maps Road Trip was a live-streaming documentary produced by Marc Horowitz and Peter Baldes between August 10 and August 18, 2009. The event represented the first virtual live-streaming broadcast cross-country road trip: using only Google Maps , the pair drove from Los Angeles to Richmond, Virginia. [ 1 ]

  7. Camel train - Wikipedia

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    A camel train, caravan, or camel string is a series of camels carrying passengers and goods on a regular or semi-regular service between points. Despite rarely travelling faster than human walking speed, for centuries camels' ability to withstand harsh conditions made them ideal for communication and trade in the desert areas of North Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.

  8. Caravan city - Wikipedia

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    Trade routes of the Western Sahara Desert c. 1000–1500. (Goldfields are indicated by light brown shading). Ruins of Hatra, a caravan city that flourished in the 2nd century [1] A caravan city is a city located on and deriving its prosperity from its location on a major trans-desert trade route. [2]

  9. Central American migrant caravans - Wikipedia

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    On January 16, Guatemala and Mexico deployed the military to their borders, in an attempt to stop the migrant caravan from transiting through their countries on the way to the United States. [ 122 ] [ 123 ] Three days later, the migrant caravans reportedly dissolved in the Guatemalan-Honduran border region, and most its participants were ...

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