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  2. Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor

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    Silk Roads: The Routes Network of Chang'an-Tian Shan Corridor is a UNESCO World Heritage Site which covers the Chang'an-Tianshan portion of the ancient Silk Road and historical sites along the route. 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 ...

  3. Cities along the Silk Road - Wikipedia

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    The Silk Road was an ancient network of trade routes that connected many communities of ... the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor; Silk Road transmission ...

  4. Northern Silk Road - Wikipedia

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    Taklamakan Desert. The Northern Silk Road is a historic inland trade route in Northwest China and Central Asia (historically known as the Western Regions), originating in the ancient Chinese capital of Chang'an (modern day Xi'an), westwards through the Hexi Corridor (in what is the modern Gansu province) into the Tarim Basin, going around north of the Taklamakan Desert along the two sides of ...

  5. Scientists document lost mountain cities on Silk Road in ...

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    In the mountains of Uzbekistan, archaeologists aided by laser-based remote-sensing technology have identified two lost cities that thrived along the fabled Silk Road trade route from the 6th to ...

  6. Silk Road - Wikipedia

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    The Silk Road [a] was a network of Eurasian 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.

  7. Tian Shan - Wikipedia

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    The plant then made its way to Turkey via the Silk Road and became a symbol of the Ottoman Empire. [14] Ancestors of important crop vegetation were established and thrived in the area, among them: apricots (Prunus armeniaca), pears (Pyrus spp.), pomegranates (Punica granatum), figs , cherries (Prunus avium) and mulberries . The Tian Shan region ...

  8. List of World Heritage Sites in Kyrgyzstan - Wikipedia

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    Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor* Chüy: 2014 1442; ii, iii, v, vi (cultural) The Silk Roads are an ancient network of trade routes that started forming in the 2nd century BCE and remained active until the 16th century. The roads connected societies of Asia, the Subcontinent, Central Asia, Western Asia, and the Near ...

  9. List of World Heritage Sites in Kazakhstan - Wikipedia

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    Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor* several sites 2014 1442; ii, iii, v, vi (cultural) The Silk Road is an ancient network of trade routes that started forming in the 2nd century BCE and remained