There is a definite romance about the Silk Roads. Even if you have never travelled along this fabled intercontinental route and your Eurasian geography is a little sketchy, names like Samarkand, Damascus, Isfahan, and Xi’an still conjure up mental images of crowded spice markets, heavily laden caravans of camels crossing deserts, and bewelled monuments in oasis cities. These stereotypes exist for good reason, perpetuated for centuries by artists…
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