Silk Road
The Silk Road was a network of ancient trade routes across Central Asia that linked people, ideas, goods, technology, and diseases from Rome to China during the period from c. 500 BCE to 1500 CE
Connected Sites
| Site | Rationale | Link |
| Aleppo | ||
| Ancient Merv | ||
| Ancient Nara | Influences from Silk Road areas | |
| Ani | medieval city that was once one of the cultural and commercial centres on the Silk Road (AB ev) | |
| Anjar | According to ICOMOS Thematic Study from 2014 | |
| Armenian Monastic Ensembles | According to ICOMOS Thematic Study from 2014 | |
| Baalbek | According to ICOMOS Thematic Study from 2014 | |
| Bam Cultural Landscape | ||
| Bamiyan Valley | ||
| Bisotun | ||
| Bosra | According to ICOMOS Thematic Study from 2014 | |
| Bukhara | ||
| Bursa and Cumalikizik | ||
| Damascus | ||
| Divrigi | According to ICOMOS Thematic Study from 2014 | |
| Diyarbakir Fortress and Hevsel Gardens | Silk was grown in the Hevsel Gardens, contributing to the important trade from and through Diyarbakır to Aleppo (AB ev) | |
| Gonbad-e Qâbus | Jorjan town was commercially significant in the Roman period due to its location on the Silk Road between Merv and Ctesiphon (AB ev) | |
| Gyeongju | The Silk Road contributed to the Golden Age of Silla. Silla Kings allied with the Tang dynasty to defeat rival Korean kingdoms. The flowering of Buddhism in Gyeongju in the 7th and 8th centuries began with the Silk Road extending to the Korean peninsula. | |
| Hatra | According to ICOMOS Thematic Study from 2014 | |
| Istanbul | ||
| Itchan Kala | According to ICOMOS Thematic Study from 2014 | |
| Kathmandu Valley | According to ICOMOS Thematic Study from 2014 | |
| Kunya-Urgench | ||
| Longmen Grottoes | Luoyang was the east capital of Tang Dynasty, the centre of silk road | |
| Makli, Thatta | According to ICOMOS Thematic Study from 2014 | |
| Meidan Emam, Esfahan | According to ICOMOS Thematic Study from 2014 | |
| Mogao Caves | ||
| Mount Qingcheng and Dujiangyan | ||
| Nisa | According to ICOMOS Thematic Study from 2014 | |
| Okinoshima Island | Okinoshima is on the maritime route that connect Japan with Mainland Asia. Many offerings come from silk road. | |
| Orkhon Valley | AB evaluation: "The broad, shallow river valley provides water and shelter, key requisites for its role as a staging post on the ancient trade routes across the steppes, such as those now known as the ?Silk Road?, and for its development as the centre of two of the vast central Asian empires." | |
| Palmyra | ||
| Potala Palace | ||
| Samarkand | ||
| Samarra | According to ICOMOS Thematic Study from 2014 | |
| Sansa, Buddhist Mountain Monasteries | "According to tradition, the Precepts Platform at Tongdosa temple contains a relic of the historical Buddha brought to Silla by Jajang as a gift from Tang China." - Advisory Body Evaluation | |
| Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple | The Silk Road contributed to the Golden Age of Silla. Silla Kings allied with the Tang dynasty to defeat rival Korean kingdoms. The flowering of Buddhism in Gyeongju in the 7th and 8th centuries began with the Silk Road extending to the Korean peninsula. | |
| Shakhrisyabz | ||
| Shushtar | According to ICOMOS Thematic Study from 2014 | |
| Silk Roads | ||
| Site of Xanadu | an important stopping place on the silk route (AB ev) | |
| Soltaniyeh | According to ICOMOS Thematic Study from 2014 | |
| Sulaiman-Too | ||
| Sviyazhsk | crossroads of the Silk and Volga routes | |
| Tabriz Bazaar | ||
| Takht-e Soleyman | According to ICOMOS Thematic Study from 2014 | |
| Taxila | ||
| Tyre | ||
| Yazd | Close to the Spice and Silk Roads. | |
| Yungang Grottoes |
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