SILK ROAD: WORLD HISTORY VIDEO LINKS

  Silk Road: Where East Met West, BBC, 2016:

Episode 1

Episode 2

Episode 3

  "Silk Road":  Chinese and Japanese broadcasters partner to present the history of the ancient trade route.

Part 1, Glories Of Ancient Changan

Part 2, A Thousand Kilometers Below The Yellow River

Part 3, The Art Gallery In The Desert

Part 4, The Dark Castle

Part 5, In Search Of The Kingdom Of Lou-La

Part 6, Across The Taklahakan Desert

Part 7, Khotan: Oasis Of Silk And Jade

Part 8, A Heat Wave Called Turfan

Part 9, Through The Tian Shan Mountains By Rail

Part 10, Journey Into Music: South Through The Tian Shan Mountains

Part 11, Where Horses Fly Like The Wind

Part 12, Two Roads To The Pamirs

  Silk Road II:

Across The Pamirs:

The King's Road:

Legendary Ladakh:

Travels Of Xuang Zang In India:

Scorching Sun And The Southern Road Of Iran:

The Desert -- In Search Of Wisdom:

Beyond Baghdad:

Road Vanished Into A Lake:

Across The Steppes:

Sky Horses Of Davan:

Soghdian Merchants:

Glory Of Samarkand:

Across The Karakum Desert:

The Other Silk Road:

Caravans Move West:

Horsemen Of Turkey:

Silk Road At The Edge Of Asia:

All Roads Lead To Rome:

Silk Road IV (2007):

South Caucasus -- The Flame And The Cross:

Yemen And Saudi Arabia -- The Progeny Of The Queen Of Sheba:

Kyrgystan And Uzbekistan -- Steep Road To The Oasis:

Central Asia, Russia -- From Wasteland To Motherland:

Syria And Lebanon -- Echoes Of Distant Prayers:

"Chinese Silk Road":  Graeme Langford's impressive independent travel documentary.

Episode 1, The Journey Begins (17 mins):

Episode 2, Into The Desert (14 mins)

Episode 3, The End Of The Road (14 mins)

"Silk Road: A New History," Williams College, October 30, 2013:  An hour-long lecture by visiting scholar Valerie Hansen.

"Return Of History And The Death Of Democracy, With Peter Frankopan And Kwasi Kwarteng," Intelligence Squared, September 15, 2016:  A conversation that places Peter Frankopan's Sik Roads in a broader context.

"Silk Roads: A New History Of The World," Oxford Research Centre In The Humanities, November 8, 2016:  A lunchtime discussion about Peter Frankopan's Silk Roads history.

"The Silk Roads: Questioning The Eurocentric View Of History," Liverpool John Moores University, February 26, 2016 (74 mins): Scholar Peter Frankopan's contribution to the National Identity Lecture Series.

Nancy Steinhardt, "Introduction To The Silk Road," Penn Museum, December 8, 2010 (78 mins):  A contribution to Penn's Silk Road lecture series.

Victor Mair, "The Tarim Basin Mummies," Penn Museum, December 8, 2010 (69 mins):  A contribution to Penn's Silk Road lecture series.

Renata Holod, "Great Adventures Along The Silk Road: From Bukhara And Back," Penn Museum, January 13, 2011 (62 mins):  A contribution to Penn's Silk Road lecture series.

Lester K. Little, "The Plague: Deadly Travel Companion Of Trade Routes," Penn Museum, February 7, 2011 (58 mins):  A contribution to Penn's Silk Road lecture series.

Renata Holod, "Great Adventures: Tamurlane's Samarkand," Penn Museum, March 2, 2011 (62 mins):  A contribution to Penn's Silk Road lecture series.

Robert Ousterhout, "Great Adventures Along The Silk Road: Constantinople," Penn Museum, May 4, 2011 (57 mins):  A contribution to Penn's Silk Road lecture series.

Judith Lerner, "Great Religions Along The Silk Road: Zoroastrianism," Penn Museum, January 18, 2011 (36 mins).

Justin McDaniel, "Great Religions Of The Silk Road: Buddha," Penn Museum, January 18, 2011 (36 mins).

Annette Reed, "Great Religions Of The Silk Road: Christianity And Judaism," Penn Museum, January 18, 2011 (33 mins).

"Journey Along The Silk Road" (107 mins):

  "Uzbekistan: Traveling The Silk Road," DW Documentary, March 1, 2017.