The Silk Road 2 pk.

Follow in the footsteps of illustrious predecessors, from Alexander the Great to Marco Polo. Discover the enchanting network of trade routes that for centuries linked the Far East to the West with News Correspondent, Alfred de Montesquiou. You will take an extended trip along the entire Silk Road, visiting six countries and myriad cultures, a voyage through time, encountering treasures from Bursa in Turkey to Xian in China. Discover the legendary Silk Road in this ode to the history, cultures and peoples that united East & West through a vast network of trade and cultural exchanges that created a revolutionary world view. DVD One: Episode 1: Italy – Venice, Home to Marco Polo; Episode 2: Turkey – Bosphorus, Watery East/West Crossroads; Episode 3: Turkey – Anatolia, The caravans of Asia Minor; Episode 4: Iran – Tabriz, Capital of Merchants; Episode 5: Iran, Assassins, Emperors & Magi; Episode 6: Iran – Kashan, The Zoroastrian Fire Temple of Yazd; Episode 7: Uzbekistan – Bukhara, Millennia-old trade hub; Episode 8: Uzbekistan – Samarkand, Grand Capital of Tamerlane; DVD Two: Episode 9: Uzbekistan – Tashkent, Rich city-state of Central Asia; Episode 10: Kyrgyzstan, Mountainous link to the Silk Road; Episode 11: China – Kashgar, Oasis City in Western China; Episode 12: China – Gobi, Great Northern Desert of Asia; Episode 13: China – Dunhuang, Oasis city of two Silk Road routes; Episode 14: China – Lanzhou, City that put the silk in the Northern Silk Road route; Episode 15: China – Xian, Terminus/beginning of the Silk Road East.