During his reign (140-87 B.C.), the most prosperous period of the Han Dynasty, Liu Che, Emperor Wudi, expanded the territory of the empire from ... route known as the "Silk Road" from Chang ...

Journey through the ancient city of Samarkand where culinary rituals and timeless tales of the Silk Road converge—from Ferghana horses to millet noodles and salty Uzbek candy.

It has been a hub of communications between China's Central Plain and northwestern China and an important point on the Silk Road that linked ... Asia and the Roman Empire. Branches of the Yellow ...