The Silk Road
Season 1, Episode 13: China: Dunhuang
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Crossing the Taklamakan desert is a demanding step. And only once the Silk Road caravans made it could they say they truly arrived in China. The Bactrian camel has become emblematic of the region: without it, trade could not have developed along the Silk Road.
All Episodes - Season 1
Episode 1
Italy: Venice
Episode 2
Turkey: Bosphorus
Episode 3
Turkey: Anatolia, The Caravans of Asia Minor
Episode 4
Iran: Tabriz, Capital of Merchants
Episode 5
Iran: Assassins, Emperors and Ma
Episode 6
Iran: Kashan and the Zoroastrian Fire Temple of Yazd
Episode 7
Uzbekistan: Bukhara
Episode 8
Uzbekistan: Samarkand
Episode 9
Uzbekistan: Tachkent
Episode 10
Kyrgystan
Episode 11
China: Kashgar
Episode 12
China: Gobi
Episode 13
China: Dunhuang
Episode 14
China: Lanzhou
Episode 15
China: Xian