The Silk Road - The World of Ancient Art

The Silk Road: from Xian to
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The first programmes begin with the Great Riverine Cultures of antiquity.
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2012. All will be updated regularly.
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Contents
Chronological
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Maps
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Fergana Valley
Deserts and steppes
Gansu Corridor
Dunhuang
Turpan
T i Basin:
Tarim
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Lake
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L Nur,
Lop
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Xiaohe Loulan,
Xiaohe,
Loulan Hoton,
Hoton Sampul
Museums, collections and compilations of
Museums
resources
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ht/?period=04&region=eac
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ht/?period=05&region=eac
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ht/?period=04&region=ssa
http://www metmuseum org/toah/ht/?period=05&region=ssa
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ht/?period=05&region=ssa
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ht/?period=04&region=wap
http://depts.washington.edu/chinaciv/timeline.htm
http://www.artsmia.org/art-of-asia/history/chinese-dynasty-guide.cfm
http://www.artsmia.org/art-of-asia/history/han-dynasty-map.cfm
http://www.maps of china.com/china country.shtml
http://www.maps-of-china.com/china-country.shtml
Climate
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Transasia_trade_routes_1stC_CE_gr2.png
Kokand
http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/53/163.html
Fergana Valley
http://orientalreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/ferghana-valley.jpg
Confluence of the rivers seen from space
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Confluence_of_Naryn_and_Kara_Darya_NASA.jpg
Fergana Valley
Tarim basin
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Fergana
Valley
V ll ffrom space
http://maps google com/maps?ll=40 687866 71 614380&spn=2 656219 3 746887&t=k&hl=en
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=40.687866,71.614380&spn=2.656219,3.746887&t=k&hl=en
Fergana
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dayuan
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horses’’ off F
Fergana
http://en wikipedia org/wiki/File:HanHorse jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:HanHorse.jpg
http://www.silkroadproject.org/Education/TheSilkRoad/SilkRoadMaps/tabid/177/Default.aspx
http://www.silkroadproject.org/tabid/177/defaul.aspx
‘The Silk Road’
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Silk_route.jpg
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Trade in lapis lazuli
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lapis_lazuli_block.jpg
Neolithic jade
http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/china1999/037_010.htm
8th-century BC jade silk worm
http://www.culturalchina.com/chinaWH/html/en/Traditions1
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http://www.aurorasilk.com/tutorials_articles_faqs/silkworm
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4th-century BC silk
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Chinese_silk,_4th_Century_BC.JPG
Silk banner from Mawangdui
Mawangdui, about 168BC
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Western_Han_Chinese_Silk.JPG
Xi”an
Xian
The Great Wall, Han period marked orange
http://en wikipedia org/wiki/File:Map of the Great Wall of China jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_the_Great_Wall_of_China.jpg
Topography
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http://depts.washington.edu/silkroad/geography/geography.html
The Eurasian steppe
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Two-point-equidistant-asia.jpg
E.W. Barber, The Mummies of Urumchi (1999) 204
Sites with spoked wheels from about 2000BC
Trans Siberian Railroad
Trans-Siberian
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Map_Trans-Siberian_railway.png
Xi”an
Xiongnu and Han
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Asia_200bc.jpg
Kingdoms described by Zhang Qian
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ZhangQianTravel.jpg
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Setting off on the journey
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ZhangQianTravels.jpg
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Gansu/Hexi Corridor
Dunhaung
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http://www.berzinarchives.com/web/images/en/map18.jpg
D nh ang oasis
Dunhuang
http://www.brettdavenport.com/blogs/2006/july/30.7.2006.htm
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Dunhuang Cave of Manuscripts
http://www.crystalinks.com/chinacaves.html
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Aurel Stein’s
Stein s expedition to the Taklamakan Desert
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:AurelSteinWithDog.jpg
International Dunhuang Project
http://idp.bl.uk/
Diagram to show how water is collected from the
mountains
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Turpan-karez-maqueta-d01.jpg
Turpan
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grape
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Turpan-calles-d01.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Transasia_trade_routes_1stC_CE_gr2.png
Turpan
Satellite view of Lake Bosten
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bosten-Lake_(Bostenhtt
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Site of Lake Bosten (A) in relation to Lop Nur and
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Turpan
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=42,87&spn=0.1,0.1&t=h&q=42,87
Lop Nur, ‘the
the wandering lake’
lake
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=2046
‘Loulan Beauty’
reconstruction
http://www.meshrep.com/PicOfDay/mummies/loubeaut1.jpg
http://www.meshrep.com/PicOfDay/mummies/loubeaut2.jpg
Lake Bosten
Xiaohe cemetery (A)
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=40.3364,88.6725&spn
http://maps
google com/maps?ll=40 3364 88 6725&spn
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Xiaohe cemeteryy
http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1741-7007-8-15.pdf
http://heritage-key
http://heritage
key.com/china/beauty
com/china/beauty-xiaohe-mummy
xiaohe mummy
http://blog.hmns.org/?tag=archaeology
Lop Nur, Xingiang
http://www.china.org.cn/english/features/Archaeology/149496.htm#2
I f t mummy
Infant
http://www.pasthorizons.com/index.php/archives/02/2011/china-demands-removal-of-mummiesttp //
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Wooden mask from Xiaohe
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanpula-Gr%C3%A4ber
Altay Mountains
Turfan Basin/Subashi
Charwighul/Chawuhu
sites on Niya and
Keriya rivers
Tianshan
Mountains
Qumul/Hami
oasis
Lop Nur
Loulan/Xiaohe
sites at Lake Bosten
S(h)anpula
Cherchen
Settlements and cemeteries
Sino-Platonic Papers 185 (November, 2008) 17.
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E.W. Barber, The Mummies of Urumchi (1999) 83
The Tarim Basin in the 3rd century AD
http://en wikipedia org/wiki/File:Tarimbecken 3 Jahrhundert png
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tarimbecken_3._Jahrhundert.png
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:UrumqiWarrior.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:TarimCentaur.jpg
Sampul tapestry with comparanda
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Antiquity
The Tarim Basin in the 3rd century AD
http://en wikipedia org/wiki/File:Tarimbecken 3 Jahrhundert png
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tarimbecken_3._Jahrhundert.png
Museums
Beijing Palace Museum
http://www.dpm.org.cn/www_oldweb/English/default.html
British Museum
http://www.ancientchina.co.uk/menu.html
Metropolitan Museum
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Compilations
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http://www.artsmia.org/art-of-asia/
http://www.chinapage.com/museum.html
http://www.nga.gov/education/chinatp_splash.htm
http://www.asia.si.edu/exhibitions/online/luxuryarts/default.htm
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http://afemuseums.easia.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/museums/search.cgi/topic?topic_id=148
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http://depts.washington.edu/silkroad/museums/srmuseums.html
http://idp bl uk/idp a4d
http://idp.bl.uk/idp.a4d
http://www.silkroadart.com/
http://depts washington edu/silkroad/museums/srmuseums html
http://depts.washington.edu/silkroad/museums/srmuseums.html
http://www.silk-road.com/toc/newsletter.html
http://www silkroadstudies org/new/inside/publications/CEF quarterly htm
http://www.silkroadstudies.org/new/inside/publications/CEF_quarterly.htm
http://www.ancientchina.co.uk/menu.html