General World History: Major cities along the Silk Road

Major cities along the Silk Road

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Topic: Major cities along the Silk Road

Posted By: Cyrus Shahmiri
Subject: Major cities along the Silk Road
Date Posted: 29-Oct-2004 at 15:19

SILK ROAD
Baghdad, Iraq to Sinkiang China.

	Village	Country	AKA	Remarks
	Seleucia	Iraq	http://www.ancientroute.com/_vti_bin/shtml.exe/htdocs/SilkRoad.htm/map1"> Baghdad	Follow Diz River
	Khanaqin	Iraq / Iran		Then over Khanaqin Pass
	Kermanshah	Iran
http://www.ancientroute.com/_vti_bin/shtml.exe/htdocs/SilkRoad.htm/map2">	Behistun	Iran	http://www.ancientroute.com/_vti_bin/shtml.exe/htdocs/SilkRoad.htm/map3"> Bisitun	Past cliff carvings of Darius
	Ecbatana	Iran	http://www.ancientroute.com/_vti_bin/shtml.exe/htdocs/SilkRoad.htm/map4"> Hamadan	Then thru Caspian Gate
	Kazvan	Iran		At foothill of Elburz Mtns
	Tehran	Iran	http://www.ancientroute.com/_vti_bin/shtml.exe/htdocs/SilkRoad.htm/map5">	Follow Panjshir River NE
	Chalus	Iran		On shore of Caspian Sea
	Behshahr	Iran
	Meshad	Iran	http://www.ancientroute.com/_vti_bin/shtml.exe/htdocs/SilkRoad.htm/map6"> Mashhad
	Hasanabad	Iran
	Torbat-e Jam	Iran
	Kohsan	Afghanistan
	Herat	Afghanistan	http://www.ancientroute.com/_vti_bin/shtml.exe/htdocs/SilkRoad.htm/map7">
	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.

SILK ROAD
continued
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

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

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Replies:

Posted By: Kubrat
Date Posted: 03-Nov-2004 at 18:21

I thought Samarkand was an important city on the Silk Road?

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Posted By: Sharrukin
Date Posted: 03-Nov-2004 at 22:59

Samarkand was definitely part of the classical Silk Road route. Cyrus' list is probably some modern list.

Posted By: warhead
Date 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.

Posted By: Guests
Date 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.