Turpan used to be an important strategic point on the Silk Road. As early as two thousand years ago, a town called Jiaohe was built forth kilometers from today's town of Turpan. Jiaohe then was ...

A traditional sheepskin coat blows in the wind in Turtkul, Uzbekistan, on a highway that follows the ancient Silk Road. It wasn ... near a Chinese town called Turpan, paid 40 bolts of raw ...

review the various routes and tremendous extent of the Silk Roads with students. Ask students to help map the following cities: Chang' An (modern-day Xi'an), Turfan (or Turpan), Kashgar, the Ferghana ...