絲綢之路
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Silk Road is the name for the trade route between China, India and Europe in ancient times. Silk was a major trade commodity.
 Silk trade |
 Tang sculpture of a foreign merchant, 7th century |
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 A carved wooden beam from Loulan, 3-4th century CE. The patterns show influences from ancient western civilizations. |
 textile fragment from Loulan, China. |
 Wooden Kharosthi document found at Loulan, China by Aurel Stein (L.A. VI ii 0234) |
 Map of the Lop Nur region, Xinjiang, China mainly after A. Herrmann by Folke Bergman 1935. Translations: Ruiner=ruin. Gammalt vakttorn=watch-tower of the Great Wall of China. Grovar=grave. Bulak=well. Ördeks nekropol=cemetery founded by Ördek; new name: Xiaohe Tombs. Nya Lop-nor=Lop Nur sea in the time 1921 – 1971. |
 Map of eastern Xinjiang with prehistoric sites and the courses of the Silk Roads by Folke Bergman 1939. |
