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

Mediterranean Europe/ Turkey / North Africa

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)

Persia & the Middle East

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

India /Pakistan/ Afghanistan

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

East Africa & the Sea Roads

All links marked with a key will require your GBS ID number & password for home access

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

Western Africa

All links marked with a key will require your GBS ID number & password for home access.

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)

Mongolia

All links marked with a key will require your GBS ID number & password for home access.

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

Be sure to click on the links at the top and left of the article just below.

The Mongols

UNESCO Silk Road Project

Karakorum

China

All links marked with a key will require your GBS ID number & password for home access

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

Korea

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

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

Mediterranean Europe/ Turkey / North Africa

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.

UNESCO Silk Road Project

Persia & the Middle East

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

UNESCO Silk Road Project

India /Pakistan/ Afghanistan

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.

UNESCO Silk Road Project

East Africa & the Sea Roads

All links marked with a key ​ will require your GBS ID number & password for home access

UNESCO Silk Road Project

Western Africa

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)

Mongolia

All links marked with a key ​ will require your GBS ID number & password for home access.

Virtual Silk Road -- University of Washington

Be sure to click on the links at the top and left of the article just below.

UNESCO Silk Road Project

China

All links marked with a key ​ will require your GBS ID number & password for home access

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.

UNESCO Silk Road Project

Korea

UNESCO Silk Road Project

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.

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.

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.

All links marked with a key will require your GBS ID number & password for home access

All links marked with a key will require your GBS ID number & password for home access.

All links marked with a key will require your GBS ID number & password for home access

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.