The Silk Road was also called "Silu ... peacock, elephant, camel and house and some other plants and animals were taken to central China at that time. In 73AD, the Han government sent a diplomatic ...

The idea of the Silk Road, as co-curators ... Figures of camels were often found in elite tombs, such as this one, discovered buried alongside the Chinese general Liu Tingxun, in Henan province.

Until recently, my vague idea of the Silk Road, the trade link from ancient east Asia to the West, was of camels crossing ...

The Silk Roads derive their later-afforded name from the highly lucrative trade of silk textiles produced in China ... East, camels made ideal pack animals for travel along the Silk Road.

For over 1,600 years, merchants, traders, monks and soldiers who journeyed to China’s ancient capital of Xi’an to witness its magnificence travelled via the Silk Road. Now a UNESCO World ...