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Silk Road Cities: Past

and Present



Silk Road Trade Centers: Xian, Dunhuang, Samaqand,

Bagdad, and Istanbul



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



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



Fusion of cultures

Muslim quarter in Xian today



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



A Han Dynasty Watchtower in Dunhaung

Trade along the Silk Road



Mogao Caves



Mogao Caves

Bodhisattva,

painting on silk,Mogao Caves



Sand dunes on

the edge of

Dunhuang today

Dunhuang

Train Station Yueya

Lake



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



Trades on the Silk Road in Samarkand, around 7th century



Camel Caravans inSamarkand in the

early 20th century

Registan, an

icon and a

public square in

Samarkand



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)



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



City View of Bagdad, across Tigris River, 2007



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



Originally a church, later a mosque, and now a museum,

the Hagia Sophia was built in the 6th century.



City views of

IstanbulToday



Maritime Silk Road Trade Routes & Major Trade Centers

Malacca



Voyages of Zheng He – 1421 the Year China

Discover the World? by F Menzies



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



Qingjing Mosque in Quanzhou, built in 1009 (Song Dynasty)



City view of Quanzhou today



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



A statue of Zheng He to the entrance of Cheng Ho (Zheng He)

Cultural Museum and his temple in Malacca today



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



View of Calicut, on the Malabar coast, 16th century

Arrival of Europeans

for spices

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