These maps detailed the Great Mongolian Road, which included key settlements and important water sources.

Each conference should have at least one brain-disabling paper. You know, the one during which you doze off to recharge your mental batteries, prepare your own paper which will be in the next panel, ...

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The history of the Silk Road, a vast network of ancient and medieval trade routes connecting Beijing and Hangzhou with Constantinople and Cairo, has mostly been focused on its endpoints: China and the ...

For decades, it was little more than a vague reference in the accounts of explorers and travelers. A great route running east to west across the Gobi Desert, used for centuries by camel caravans, but ...

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