Renowned for their sense of commerce and diplomacy along the Silk Road from Antiquity to the High Middle Ages, the Sogdians became the most successful merchants of the era.

Braving the bleakest terrains and toughest bandits, these merchants trudged along the Silk Road up until A.D. 1453, when Ottoman taxes, tolls and boycotts blocked much of this trade between East and ...

Silk Road Feb. 21, 2014, 2:42 PM EST Another user of the Silk Road online black marketplace has discovered that the service is not quite as anonymous or foolproof as he thought.

The same region that has been beset by various claims by Western interests in recent times. This is the context I am faced ...

Over 1,400 years ago, they found their way onto the legendary Silk Road by padding alongside merchants, traders, and explorers. Skip to main content. Boydton, VA. Boydton, VA. Local News ...

The Silk Road was a significant factor in the development of the great modern civilizations. Very few people traversed the entire Silk Road. Mostly it was made up of agents and merchants who bought ...

The establishment of the Silk Road had lured a multitude of merchants, pedlars, travellers and students to ply on this route. The ensuing taxation needs gave rise to local governments for ...

A new book of photographs captures the landscapes, buildings and faces along the route that once conveyed untold wealth ...