Silk Road

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An ancient trade route between China and the Mediterranean Sea extending some 6,440 km (4,000 mi) and linking China with the Roman Empire. Marco Polo followed the route on his journey to Cathay.

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Silk Road - an ancient trade route between China and the Mediterranean (4,000 miles); followed by Marco Polo in the 13th century to reach Cathay

Gansu, Gansu province, Kansu - a province in north-central China; formerly part of the Silk Road to Turkistan and India and Persia

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Cathay China Communist China Gansu Gansu province Kansu Lanchou Lanchow Lanzhou mainland China People's Republic of China PRC Red China Tarim Pendi			We plan to link China's transit road like Silk Road via Mashhad-Tehran-Tabriz to Turkey and Europe," Davutoglu said in a meeting with East Azarbaijan's Governor General Ahmad Alireza Beigi in the northwestern city of Tabriz. Iran to Link Far East to Europe by FARS News Agency BAKU, Nov 11, 2009 (TUR) -- Turkish State Minister Hayati Yazici participated Wednesday in the Second International Silk Road Forum in Azerbaijan's capital, Baku. (GEN) TURKISH STATE MINISTER ADDRESSES SILK ROAD FORUM IN BAKU by Anadolu (Eskisehir, Turkey) People would take their goods a couple hundred miles; they'd trade it for other things, and then they'd go back in the other direction," says Mark Norell, curator of the exhibition Traveling the Silk Road at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. Secrets of silk: an ancient mystery reaches the end of the road by Adams, Jacqueline / Science World			silicosis Silicotungstic silicula Silicule siliculose Siliginose Siling Siling dish siliqua silique Siliquiform Siliquosa Siliquose silk silk cotton silk factory Silk flower Silk fowl silk gland Silk gown silk grass silk hat silk manufacturer Silk moth silk oak Silk Road silk screen print Silk serge Silk shag Silk spider silk stocking Silk thrower silk tree Silk vessel silk vine silk wood silk-cotton tree silk-lined silk-raising silk-screen silk-screen printing silk-stocking silkaline silken silkgrass silkie silkily silkiness silklike Silkman silkmoth			silk dupion silk dupion silk dupions silk dupions Silk Fabric Silk fabrics Silk fabrics Silk fabrics silk factory Silk farming Silk farming Silk flower Silk fowl silk gland silk gland silk glands silk glands Silk gown silk grass silk hat silk hats Silk lingerie silk manufacturer Silk Mark Organisation of India Silk moth Silk moth silk moths silk oak Silk Painters International silk paper Silk Road Silk Road (disambiguation) Silk Road Disease Silk Road Disease Silk Road International Silk Road Project Silk Road Studies Program Silk Road Theatre Project Silk Road Tours Silk Road, Great Silk Route Silk Route Silk Routes Silk Routes Silk rugs Silk rugs Silk screen Silk screen effect silk screen print Silk screening Silk serge Silk shag Silk spider Silk spider Silk spider Silk Spinning silk stocking Silk stocking murders Silk stocking murders Silk Stocking Strangler Silk Stocking Strangler

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