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The Silk Road [a] was a network of Asian trade routes active from the second century BCE until the mid-15th century. [1] Spanning over 6,400 km (4,000 mi), it played a central role in facilitating economic, cultural, political, and religious interactions between the Eastern and Western worlds.
On June 22, 2014, UNESCO designated a 5,000 km (3,100 mi) stretch of the Silk Road network from Central China to the Zhetysu region of Central Asia as a World Heritage site. The corridor spans China, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan and includes 33 new sites and several previously designated heritage sites. [1]
1.2 Central Asia. 1.2.1 Turkmenistan. 1.2.2 Uzbekistan. 1.2.3 ... The Silk Road was an ancient network of trade routes that connected many communities of Eurasia by ...
Researchers excavate medieval pottery at the newly rediscovered medieval Silk Road city Tugunbulak in 2022 (via REUTERS) ... cultural landscape of historic Central Asia. ... and a central fortress ...
It was one of the largest cities of its time in its region of Central Asia, rivaling even the famed trade hub Samarkand situated about 70 miles (110 km) away. It existed from around 550 to 1000 AD.
Silk Roads: Zarafshan-Karakum Corridor is a UNESCO World Heritage Site which covers the Zarafshan-Karakum portion of the ancient Silk Road and historical sites along the route. On September 17, 2023, UNESCO designated a 886 km stretch of the Silk Road network in Central Asia as a World Heritage site.
Merv (Turkmen: Merw, Мерв, مرو; Persian: مرو, romanized: Marv), also known as the Merve Oasis [citation needed], [a] was a major Iranian city in Central Asia, on the historical Silk Road, near today's Mary, Turkmenistan. [2] Human settlements on the site of Merv existed from the 3rd millennium BC until the 18th century AD.
Tarim Basin in the 3rd century. For a long time, Kucha was the most populous oasis in the Tarim Basin. As a Central Asian metropolis, it was part of the Silk Road economy, and was in contact with the rest of Central Asia, including Sogdia and Bactria, and thus also with the cultures of South Asia, Iran, and the coastal areas of China.