Silk Road

X is for Ten in Xi’an

The Silk Road, a ten-thousand-mile network of roads spanning the four thousand miles between China with the west starting from the then-capital Xi’an, China, began used in 130 BC when China opened trade with the west. When the Chinese government hired Sven Hedin to create a road linking China with the province of Xinjiang, theContinue reading “X is for Ten in Xi’an”