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    Posted: 29-Oct-2004 at 15:19
 

SILK ROAD
Baghdad, Iraq to Sinkiang China.

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Seleucia Iraq loci2.gif (1714 bytes)Baghdad Follow Diz River
Khanaqin Iraq / Iran Then over Khanaqin Pass
Kermanshah Iran
Ba102e.gif (883 bytes) Behistun Iran loci2.gif (1714 bytes)Bisitun Past cliff carvings of Darius
Ecbatana Iran loci2.gif (1714 bytes)Hamadan Then thru Caspian Gate
Kazvan Iran At foothill of Elburz Mtns
Tehran Iran loci2.gif (1714 bytes) Follow Panjshir River NE
Chalus Iran On shore of Caspian Sea
Behshahr Iran
Meshad Iran loci2.gif (1714 bytes)Mashhad
Hasanabad Iran
Torbat-e Jam Iran
Kohsan Afghanistan
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WINTER

Afghanistan

Farah

Afghanistan Then cross Helmand River

Kandahar

Afghanistan

Ghazni

Afghanistan

SUMMER

Afghanistan

Obeh

Afghanistan Follow Hari River east

Daulat Yar

Afghanistan

Bamian

Afghanistan Then over Shibar Pass
Kabul Afghanistan

AT Kabul, the Silk Road split into several directions. One went northeast while another went north through Bactria. Yet a third headed southeast into Pakistan and then to India.

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SILK ROAD
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Kabul to China

Kabul Afghanistan
Charjkar [Begram], Afghanistan Past sand dunes
Zebak Afghanistan
Zarkhari Afghanistan
Ishkashim Afghanistan
Shikarf Afghanistan Enter narrow gorge
Khandut Afghanistan
Qala Panja Afghanistan
Kharat Afghanistan
Sarhad Afghanistan Then over Daliz Pass
Langar Afghanistan
Gumbaz Afghanistan Then over Wakhjir Pass
Sinkiang Province, China

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PEPPER ROUTE
Kabul to Delhi, India

  Kabul Afghanistan   Follow Kabul River east
  Jagdalak Afghanistan   Then over Lataband Pass
  Nimla Afghanistan    
  Jalalabad Afghanistan    
  Loe Dakka Afghanistan   Then over Khyber Pass
  Peshawar Pakistan    
  Delhi India    

 

http://www.ancientroute.com/SilkRoad.htm



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  Quote Kubrat Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 03-Nov-2004 at 18:21
I thought Samarkand was an important city on the Silk Road?
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  Quote Sharrukin Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 03-Nov-2004 at 22:59
Samarkand was definitely part of the classical Silk Road route.  Cyrus' list is probably some modern list.
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  Quote warhead Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 04-Nov-2004 at 11:30
Its modern all right. All of the cities stated are important modern cities. Back then then, many weren't as important. While Xing Jiang wasn't aprovince during the time of the old silk road.
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  Quote Guests Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 10-Nov-2004 at 12:14
Today, the two major cities you MUST visit to get a feel for the Old Silk Road is Samarkand in Uzbekistan and Kashgar in Xinjiang, China.
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