World History LA: Trading Along the Silk Road: Links for Research

Virtual Silk Road -- University of Washington

Be sure to click on the links at the top and left of the articles in the section just below. There is *lots* of information and beautiful photos of artifacts. 

 Alexander & the Silk Road (Macedonians)

 Rome's Eastern Trade 

​ Byzantium and the East 

UNESCO Silk Road Project

Alexandria

Istanbul (Constantinople)

Virtual Silk Road -- University of Washington

Be sure to click on the links at the top and left of the articles in the section just below. There is *lots* of information and beautiful photos of artifacts. 

 The Seleucid Empire

  The Sassanian Empire

   Islamic Dynasties

UNESCO Silk Road Project

Aleppo

Palmyra

Virtual Silk Road -- University of Washington

Be sure to click on the links at the top and left of the articles in the section just below. There is *lots* of information and beautiful photos of artifacts. 

  The Maruyan Empire

  The Kushan Empire

  The Mughal Empire

UNESCO Silk Road Project

Balkh

Fatehpur Sikri

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 East African Coast (to 1600)  [includes text to speech function & translation]

The Silk Road & Arab Sea Routes

Indian Ocean Sea Roads

UNESCO Silk Road Project

Zanzibar

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Trading Gold for Salt 

​  Sudanic Empires of Western Africa  [Includes text-to-speech function & translation]

The Road to Timbuktu: Empires of Mali & Ghana

Empires of the Western Sudan (Metropolitan Museum of Art)

  Empires of the Western Sudan (Includes links to short essays on the Songhai, Mali & Ghana Empires)

Trans-Saharan Gold Trade (7th - 14th Centuries)

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The Mongols Support Trade (1000-1500 CE) [Be sure to click through to all of the trade-related sections]

Asian Experiences: Marco Polo and the Silk Road  [Includes text-to-speech function & translation]

Virtual Silk Road -- University of Washington

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   The Mongols

UNESCO Silk Road Project

Karakorum

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Chinese Trade in the Medieval World ​[Includes text-to speech function & translation] 

Cyrus Tang Hall of China

Virtual Silk Road -- University of Washington

Be sure to click on the links at the top and left of the articles in the section just below. There is *lots* of information and beautiful photos of artifacts. 

 Han Dynasty

 Tang Dynasty

 Chang'an (Xian) (city)

UNESCO Silk Road Project

Xi'an

Dunhuang

   Silla Korea & the Silk Road

Globally-Oriented Sillans in the Silk Road World (Slide Show)

Golden Treasures: The Royal Tombs of Silla

UNESCO Silk Road Project

Gyeongju