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Silk Road Cities: Past
and Present
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Silk Road Trade Centers: Xian, Dunhuang, Samaqand,
Bagdad, and Istanbul
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Cities Along the Silk Road:
Past and PresentO Eastern Terminus: Changan長安 (Xian西安
today)
O One of the four great ancient cities of China,more than 3100 years of history
O Capital city of Qin, Han, Sui and Tang
dynasties
O Home of Terracotta Army
O fusion of cultures
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Big Wild Goose Pagoda (大雁塔) a Buddhist wooden
pagoda built in 652 during
the Tang Dyansty in Xian The Great Mosque of Xian (西安大
青真寺) built in 742 in Xian
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Fusion of cultures
Muslim quarter in Xian today
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O Dunhuang敦煌
O A strategically important frontier town in the
Hexi CorridorO A major communication and commercial hub
between China and Central Asia on the Silk
Road
O Mogao Caves (莫高窟 )
O Tourist locations today such Yueya Lake
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A Han Dynasty Watchtower in Dunhaung
Trade along the Silk Road
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Mogao Caves
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Mogao Caves
Bodhisattva,
painting on silk,Mogao Caves
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Sand dunes on
the edge of
Dunhuang today
Dunhuang
Train Station Yueya
Lake
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O Samarkand---2nd largest in Uzbekistan today
O Ancient city
O Central position on the Silk RoadO Crossroads of cultures
O Center of Islamic studies
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Trades on the Silk Road in Samarkand, around 7th century
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Camel Caravans inSamarkand in the
early 20th century
Registan, an
icon and a
public square in
Samarkand
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O Bagdad—capital of Iraq today
O Strategic location over trade routes, hub of great
learning and commerce
O Center of Arabic culture for a long and illustrious
history
O Probably the largest city in the world before 10th
century
O
Many of One Thousand and One Nights took placein Bagdad between the 8th and 13th centuries
(also known as the Islamic Golden Age)
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Trade
Caravans to
the West
Ali-Baba and
One Thousand
and One Nights
Qasr-al-Khalifa or
Abbasid Palace in
Samarra (125 KM
from Bagdad) , built
in 836AD
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City View of Bagdad, across Tigris River, 2007
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O Istanbul
O West Terminus of the Silk Road, strategic
location between Europe and the Middle Eastand a gateway to the Black Sea
O A Transcontinental city, an economic, cultural,
and historical center
O capital for famous empires(Constantinople)
such the Roman Empire, Byzantine Empire,
and Ottoman Empire
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Originally a church, later a mosque, and now a museum,
the Hagia Sophia was built in the 6th century.
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City views of
IstanbulToday
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Maritime Silk Road Trade Routes & Major Trade Centers
Malacca
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Voyages of Zheng He – 1421 the Year China
Discover the World? by F Menzies
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Maritime Silk RoadO Quanzhou泉州
O Southern part of Fujian province today
O The starting point of the maritime silk roadO Also known as Zaitun, Zayton (刺桐)
O One of the largest seaports during the Song
and Yuan dynasties
O
Host city of many foreign inhabitants duringthat period
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Qingjing Mosque in Quanzhou, built in 1009 (Song Dynasty)
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City view of Quanzhou today
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O Malacca (Melaka in Malay)
O Southern part of Malay peninsular, next to
the Straits of MalaccaO An important stop for Zheng He’s fleet that
he stopped here on all of his 7 voyages
A stamp from Malaysia shows Zheng
He in Malacca in 1405
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A statue of Zheng He to the entrance of Cheng Ho (Zheng He)
Cultural Museum and his temple in Malacca today
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O Calicut (also known as Kozhikode), India
O Southern India on the Malabar Coast
O City of SpicesO Ibn Battuta visited 6 times
O Zheng He also stopped here for trade
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View of Calicut, on the Malabar coast, 16th century
Arrival of Europeans
for spices
