Steve Nimis in the Department of Classics. The "Silk Road" refers to a series of routes that crisscrossed Eurasia from the first millennium B.C.E. through the middle of the second millennium C.E. The ...

And today all around us, Beijing is pouring a trillion dollars into rebuilding a modern Silk Road trade network across Eurasia. How much would I give for a mouthful of water? How old is this Silk ...

Experts reveal that merchants brought domestic cats to China via the Silk Road, supported by new DNA research on ancient cat ...

On the eve of Beijing’s May 2017 Summit on its New Silk Road strategy and plans, historians may well ask how China was able to turn the tables on America in Eurasia. Just six years ago ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. I write about Asia's role in the global political economy. When you think innovation, you think California. Its tech industry thrives on a ...

the New Silk Road is now physically rising up from the deserts, borderlands, and coastlines of Eurasia. This new trans-continental economic grid is expected to generate over $2.5 trillion worth of ...

The Silk Road maintained its status for over a millennium ... trade route’s role in promoting cultural diversity across the Eurasian hemisphere. As the road spans so many countries and landmarks ...

The Silk Road wasn’t a traditional road ... ultimately became integral to “a network that stretched all across Eurasia,” she ...

China-Europe freight rail services experienced significant growth last year. In 2024, trains made 19,000 trips, representing ...

Although pushed out of Syria, Iran, as a revisionist state, will continue to challenge U.S. strategy in West Asia. Meanwhile, the Abraham Accords between Israel and moderate Sunni Arab states, while a ...

Xinjiang, located in western China, was an important geographical region between the east and west of Eurasia and witnessed ... sites along the ancient Silk Road and explore new systems and ...