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.

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.

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 ...

Monks wandering the Silk Road brought Buddhism from India to China, while merchants brought spices, gems, textiles, books, horses, and other valuables from one part of the continent to the other.

The Silk Road itself was actually a number of different trade routes that, combined, serve to move goods from China to the Arabian Peninsula and farther west. Few merchants actually travelled the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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