The S ilk Silk Road: from Xian to Kokand during the Han Dynast y y

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1 The Silk Road: from Xian to Kokand during the Han Dynasty y

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3 Contents t Chronological charts Maps Fergana Valley Deserts and steppes Gansu Corridor Dunhuang Turpan Tarim Basin: Lake Bosten, Lop Nur, Urumchi, Xiaohe, Loulan, Hoton, Sampul Museums, collections and compilations of resources

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15 Kokand

16 Fergana Valley Fergana Valley

17 Confluence of the rivers seen from space Confluence of the rivers seen from space

18 Fergana Valley Tarim basin Fergana Valley from space &spn= &t=k&hl=en

19 Fergana

20 Heavenly horses of Fergana

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23 The Silk Road / iki/fil t

24 Trade in lapis lazuli Trade in lapis lazuli

25 Neolithic jade Neolithic jade

26 8th-century BC jade silk worm china.com/chinawh/html/en/traditions1 /T i 52bye2432.html s/article_raising_silkworms.html

27 4th-century BC silk

28 Silk banner from Mawangdui about 168BC Silk banner from Mawangdui, about 168BC

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30 Xian The Great Wall, Han period marked orange of the of

31 Topography p

32 The Eurasian steppe pp

33 E.W. Barber, The Mummies of Urumchi (1999) 204 Sites with spoked wheels from about 2000BC

34 Trans Siberian Railroad Trans-Siberian Railroad

35 Xi an Xiongnu and Han Xiongnu and Han

36 Kingdoms described by Zhang Qian p g

37 Setting off on the journey Setting off on the journey

38 / iki/fil i t d t tc CE

39 Dunhaung and the Gansu/Hexi Corridor g Gansu/Hexi Corridor

40 Dunhuang oasis p

41 Dunhuang Cave of Manuscripts

42 Aurel Stein s expedition to the Taklamakan Desert Aurel Stein s expedition to the Taklamakan Desert

43 International Dunhuang Project International Dunhuang Project

44 Diagram to show how water is collected from the mountains

45 Turpan street with grape trellises p g p

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47 Turpan Satellite view of Lake Bosten Site of Lake Bosten (A) in relation to Lop Nur and T / iki/fil t k t Turpan See),_Xinjiang,_China,_87.00E,_42.00N.jpg

48 Lop Nur, the wandering lake Lop Nur, the wandering lake

49 Loulan Beauty reconstruction

50 Lake Bosten Xiaohe cemetery (A) &spn =0.3,0.3&t=h&q= , Xiaohe cemetery

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52 Lop Nur, Xingiang

53 Infant mummy past o s / p p/a c es/0 / 0 /c a a ds e o a o es and-artefacts-from-silk-road-exhibition

54 Wooden mask from Xiaohe Wooden mask from Xiaohe

55 Altay Mountains Charwighul/Chawuhu Turfan Basin/Subashi sites on Niya and Keriya rivers Tianshan Mountains Qumul/Hami oasis Lop Nur Loulan/Xiaohe S(h)anpula sites at Lake Bosten Cherchen Settlements and cemeteries Settlements and cemeteries Sino-Platonic Papers 185 (November, 2008) 17.

56 Qawrighul cemetery. Circles marked by posts over male graves. Q g y y p g E.W. Barber, The Mummies of Urumchi (1999) 83

57 The Tarim Basin in the 3rd century AD png

58 Tapestry with blue-eyed warrior Tapestry with centaur

59 Sampul tapestry with comparanda Antiquity it 83 (2009) 1072

60 The Tarim Basin in the 3rd century AD png

61 Museums Beijing Palace Museum British Museum Metropolitan Museum t / t/ t Compilations of resources / i / / h i/t i i id edu/silkroad/museums/srmuseums html org/new/inside/publications/cef quarterlyhtm