October 27, 2005

The Slik Road ends up in Seattle in a nice set of resources at UW, including texts (such as Franciscan monk William of Rubruck's famous account of a journey made between 1253 and 1255 to the court of the Mongol Khan) and maps as well as introductions to the cities and architecture, art and cultures to be found along the way.
posted by Abiezer_Coppe 18 years ago
  • Arse! Just spotted the typo in the main link! I say slik road because those caravans just slipped along it
  • A nice set of resources indeed. I've long been fascinated with the artifacts of Kharo-Khoto in particular. Thanks for the post!! I will definitely have to spend some time digging through this over the weekend.
  • Funny, I didn't even notice 'Slik' until you mentioned it...
  • Great site -- I logged in just to thank you for it. The page on Ch'ang-an (the former capital of China) was worth the price of admission all by itself; I'll have to find that book on Sui and T'ang Ch'ang-an mentioned in the bibliography.
  • Ah, the only one I've read so far is Clavijo's description of his trip to Samarkand and back to Spain. (Scroll about 3/4 of the way down fot the Samarkand encounter with Tamerlane if you don't care about visits to Bagdad and points east.) And, of course, Samarkand takes us back to our very own despot, Turkmenbashi since Tashkent was also on the Silk Road. More exploring to do.
  • bees. where are you?
  • And, by chance, I just got an email from beeswacky. He's traveling in Portugal.
  • I hope he's going to visit Miguel.
  • Thanks for the update, path. An endeavor much prized by the proud Portuguese is the keeping and nurture of sweet honey bees. Much to explore here, Abiezer! The 1970 photographs of Afghanistan, especially the the Bamiyan Valley, are remarkable and (more than a little saddening).
  • Great post, Abiezer!! )))
  • islander - thank you for the lovely poem. We needed one.
  • I hadn't even really explored the pictures much - I found this searching for one of the texts. You're right about those photos islander. And great to hear that bees is well and somewhere warm.
  • ))) -- another good un!!! Ten thousand thank yous, Abiezer_Coppe!
  • Their role in east-west trade is impressive. The slowness of their assimilation with China is most intriguing. Thanks, Abiezer!