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.

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.

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 ...

Using slides of objects from the exhibition Monks and Merchants: Silk Road Treasures from Northwest China, Gansu and Ningxia, 4th to 7th Century, students will generate word maps that act as creative ...

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 ...