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UNESCO is pleased to announce the online publication of trilogy on ‘Architecture, Monuments and Urbanism’ of the UNESCO’s ‘Thematic Collection of the Cultural Exchanges along the Silk Roads’, a ...
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The Symposium will explore the historical connections between Buddhism and trade in ancient Asia, with a particular focus on their role in fostering cultural exchange along the ancient Silk Roads.
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As part of the Our Common Agenda initiative, the UN Secretary-General is convening a Transforming Education Summit (TES) for September 2022 in New York. This summit seeks to mobilize political ...
The invention of the Phoenician Alphabet, the prototype for all alphabets in the world, is the most significant contribution that Lebanon has made to the whole of humanity. The new system, immediately ...
The Silk Roads are amongst some of the most important routes in our collective history. It was through these roads that relations between east and west were established, exposing diverse regions to ...
The inland routes of the Silk Roads were dotted with caravanserais, large guest houses or hostels designed to welcome travelling merchants and their caravans as they made their way along these trade ...
The history of tea stretches back over thousands of years and spans not only the vast regions encompassed by the Silk Roads but much of the globe. It is well known that tea has been at the centre of ...
Despite the lack of written records before the Hispanic era, archaeological finds provide a material history of extensive trade. Commerce occurred via the maritime and land silk roads that spread from ...
This article explores the spread of plague, known as ‘the Black Death’, across the Silk Roads of the 14 th Century CE. It examines ways in which people responded to the disease and looks at how we can ...