$node.data_map.cover.content

The Silk Road

‘Silk Road' is a term which conjures up a multitude of images and memory, mostly from the collective imagination and memory - which are the same. Existing neither on the maps of the past or the present, it is rather a tradition, and a legacy which has had an enormous, if understated, impact on the development of European and Asian cultures. The purpose of this project, and of these articles is to follow once again these paths of salt, sand and sea which have connected the ends of Eurasia since time immemorial, to explore the external dimension of European identity. I have merely been a witness to wonders which have unfolded before me, and shall simply attempt to communicate some of them in the east untrue words I can find. 9 articles










Powered by eZ Publish™ CMS Open Source Web Content Management. Copyright © 1999-2010 eZ Systems AS (except where otherwise noted). All rights reserved.