But my interest in the region stretches back earlier—to a period spanning the eighth to 15th centuries. At that time Silk Road entrepôts in Uzbekistan such as Khiwa, Buxoro, and Samarqand ...
According to a study recently published on the preprint server bioRxiv, cats were one of the many assets that traveled east on the famous Silk Road ... across this time period [was] a highly ...
China's first pet cats arrived in the country around 1,400 years ago — likely via the famous Silk Road trading route ...
N ew research suggests that domestic cats first appeared in China around 600 CE, likely arriving via the Silk Road trade ...
The cemetery lay on the main route of the Silk Road. The site was dated to 2,200 to 2,050 years ago via radiocarbon dating, putting it in the time frame when the Silk Road was active with the ...
At the time, raw silk became the country's largest ... On this episode of Journeys in Japan, Sheila Cliffe from the UK follows the Silk Road from northern Kanto, once a major production area ...
How and when domestic cats arrived in China has been a mystery. A new analysis of cat DNA suggests traders and diplomats likely carried the pets with them along the Silk Road 1,400 years ago.
China's first pet cats arrived in the country around 1,400 years ago — likely via the famous Silk Road trading route ... remains from China across this time period [was] a highly challenging ...