Easy-to-transport foods, like noodles and dumplings, were necessities along the trade route The post Stir Fried: How the Silk ...

Samarkand was a major Silk Road trading hub for more than 2,500 years. Now, the Uzbek city has a major new tourism complex, which it hopes will reflect its former glories.

The old trade routes of the silk road give travellers endless options to explore central Asia, from lake-scattered mountain plateaus to ornate mausoleum complexes and lively cities packed with ...

A quarter of a century on from independence, the Central Asian ‘Stan nations are still shrouded in obscurity and intrigue. The five nations that make up the crux of the ancient Silk Road route ...

Palaces, trade domes and bazaars constructed along the 4,500-mile Silk Road turned destinations like Bukhara, Uzbekistan, into international cities. Although travel to Asia is still considered an ...

After voicing opposition to a proposed U.S. attack on Syria at the G20 summit in Russia last week, Xi Jinping embarked on his first tour of Central Asia as president. While in the region of ...

6 Silk Road secrets: Traveling in Central Asia’s Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan By Rob Crossan, CNN 6 minute read Updated 10:35 AM EDT, Tue June 6, 2017 Link Copied! Timur's ...

Travel the Silk Road in Central Asia . By David McMillin. August 15, 2023, 6:00 am. The site of the ancient city of Merv, in present-day Turkmenistan Photograph: Bilwander/Getty Images .