The Silk Road: from Xian to Kokand during the Han Dynasty y
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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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http://www.artsmia.org/art-of-asia/history/chinese-dynasty-guide.cfm
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Climate http://www.silkroadproject.org/tabid/177/defaul.aspx t /t l
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Kokand http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/53/163.html
Fergana Valley Fergana Valley http://orientalreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/ferghana-valley.jpg
Confluence of the rivers seen from space Confluence of the rivers seen from space http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/file:confluence_of_naryn_and_kara_darya_nasa.jpg
Fergana Valley Tarim basin Fergana Valley from space http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=40.687866,71.614380&spn=2.656219,3.746887&t=k&hl=en 71 614380&spn=2 656219 3 746887&t=k&hl=en
Fergana http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/dayuan
Heavenly horses of Fergana http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/file:hanhorse.jpg
http://www.silkroadproject.org/education/thesilkroad/silkroadmaps/tabid/177/default.aspx
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The Silk Road http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/file:silk_route.jpg / iki/fil t
Trade in lapis lazuli Trade in lapis lazuli http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/file:lapis_lazuli_block.jpg
Neolithic jade Neolithic jade http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/china1999/037_010.htm
8th-century BC jade silk worm http://www.cultural- china.com/chinawh/html/en/traditions1 /T i 52bye2432.html http://www.aurorasilk.com/tutorials_articles_faqs/silkworm s/article_raising_silkworms.html
4th-century BC silk http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/file:chinese_silk,_4th_century_bc.jpg
Silk banner from Mawangdui about 168BC Silk banner from Mawangdui, about 168BC http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/file:western_han_chinese_silk.jpg
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Xian The Great Wall, Han period marked orange http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/file:map_of_the_great_wall_of_china.jpg of the of
Topography p http://depts.washington.edu/silkroad/geography/geography.html
The Eurasian steppe pp http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/file:two-point-equidistant-asia.jpg
E.W. Barber, The Mummies of Urumchi (1999) 204 Sites with spoked wheels from about 2000BC
Trans Siberian Railroad Trans-Siberian Railroad http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/file:map_trans-siberian_railway.png
Xi an Xiongnu and Han Xiongnu and Han http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/file:asia_200bc.jpg
Kingdoms described by Zhang Qian http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/file:zhangqiantravel.jpg p g
Setting off on the journey Setting off on the journey http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/file:zhangqiantravels.jpg
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Dunhaung and the Gansu/Hexi Corridor g http://www.berzinarchives.com/web/images/en/map18.jpg Gansu/Hexi Corridor
Dunhuang oasis http://www.brettdavenport.com/blogs/2006/july/30.7.2006.htm p
Dunhuang Cave of Manuscripts http://www.crystalinks.com/chinacaves.html
Aurel Stein s expedition to the Taklamakan Desert Aurel Stein s expedition to the Taklamakan Desert http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/file:aurelsteinwithdog.jpg
International Dunhuang Project International Dunhuang Project http://idp.bl.uk/
Diagram to show how water is collected from the mountains http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/file:turpan-karez-maqueta-d01.jpg
Turpan street with grape trellises p g p http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/file:turpan-calles-d01.jpg
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Turpan Satellite view of Lake Bosten Site of Lake Bosten (A) in relation to Lop Nur and T http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/file:bosten-lake_(bosten- / iki/fil t k t Turpan See),_Xinjiang,_China,_87.00E,_42.00N.jpg http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=42,87&spn=0.1,0.1&t=h&q=42,87
Lop Nur, the wandering lake Lop Nur, the wandering lake http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/iotd/view.php?id=2046
Loulan Beauty http://www.meshrep.com/picofday/mummies/loubeaut1.jpg reconstruction http://www.meshrep.com/picofday/mummies/loubeaut2.jpg
Lake Bosten Xiaohe cemetery (A) http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=40.3364,88.6725&spn 6725&spn =0.3,0.3&t=h&q=40.3364,88.6725 Xiaohe cemetery http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1741-7007-8-15.pdf
http://heritage-key key.com/china/beauty-xiaohe-mummy mummy http://blog.hmns.org/?tag=archaeology
Lop Nur, Xingiang http://www.china.org.cn/english/features/archaeology/149496.htm#2
Infant mummy http://www.pasthorizons.com/index.php/archives/02/2011/china-demands-removal-of-mummies- 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
Wooden mask from Xiaohe Wooden mask from Xiaohe http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/shanpula-gr%c3%a4ber
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.
Qawrighul cemetery. Circles marked by posts over male graves. Q g y y p g E.W. Barber, The Mummies of Urumchi (1999) 83
The Tarim Basin in the 3rd century AD http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/file:tarimbecken_3._jahrhundert.png png
Tapestry with blue-eyed warrior Tapestry with centaur http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/file:urumqiwarrior.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/file:tarimcentaur.jpg
Sampul tapestry with comparanda Antiquity it 83 (2009) 1072
The Tarim Basin in the 3rd century AD http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/file:tarimbecken_3._jahrhundert.png png
Museums Beijing Palace Museum http://www.dpm.org.cn/www_oldweb/english/default.html British Museum http://www.ancientchina.co.uk/menu.html Metropolitan Museum http://www.metmuseum.org/works_of_art/asian_art t / t/ t Compilations of resources http://www.artsmia.org/art-of-asia/ http://www.chinapage.com/museum.html http://www.nga.gov/education/chinatp_splash.htm http://www.asia.si.edu/exhibitions/online/luxuryarts/default.htm http://afemuseums.easia.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/museums/search.cgi/topic?topic_id=148 / i / / h i/t i i id http://depts.washington.edu/silkroad/museums/srmuseums.html http://idp.bl.uk/idp.a4d http://www.silkroadart.com/ http://depts.washington.edu/silkroad/museums/srmuseums.html edu/silkroad/museums/srmuseums html http://www.silk-road.com/toc/newsletter.html http://www.silkroadstudies.org/new/inside/publications/cef_quarterly.htm org/new/inside/publications/cef quarterlyhtm http://www.ancientchina.co.uk/menu.html