Silk Road leads to artistic find.(D)(Arts & Entertainment)(Art)

The Washington Times | September 15, 2001| | Copyright

Byline: Joanna Shaw-Eagle

Central Asia's fabled Silk Road exploded with trade, religion and art as early as 1000 B.C. when the Han dynasty emperor Wu Di initiated trade over the route. China and Rome were the two superpowers that benefited from what was not really a road but a shifting web of caravan routes between remote kingdoms and oasis trading towns.

Two important Silk Road hubs were Antioch, considered one of the great cities of the Roman Empire and the early Christian world, along with the seaport town of Seleucia Pieria, and the remote Central ...

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