Oscar,Sr Sarmiento·9h agoThe Merchants Who Connected Empires Could Not Control Their FateThe Sogdians built wealth by connecting powerful kingdoms. Then those kingdoms began to fall.
Hi Turkmenistan·Oct 30The Short Walk Between Bukhara and the KarakumWhat it’s like to cross from Uzbekistan into Turkmenistan by land, and how the new e-visa changes the day
Hi Turkmenistan·Oct 28Five Days, One Burning Crater and a City of MarbleHow a short trip through Turkmenistan runs, from a 2 a.m. arrival in Ashgabat to a night beside the Darvaza crater and the ruined cities of…
Hi Turkmenistan·Oct 26The Bread You Must Never Turn Upside DownFifteen dishes from Turkmenistan, from tamdyr-baked chorek to fire-baked ichlekli, and the bazaars, desert camps and family tables where…
Minzifa Travel·Oct 24Ancient Coinage of the Silk Road: Reading Sogdian and Kushan MoneyA coin puts a ruler’s public image into a small, portable space. The photograph above shows both sides of a Kushan gold coin: a standing…
Mohit·Oct 22Silk Road: The Rise and Fall of the Internet’s Infamous Black MarketIt did $1.2 billion in sales, survived on Tor and Bitcoin—and was undone by one email address. The full story of the dark web’s first…
Murshedul Alam·Sep 28The Silk Road: The Trade Network That Connected the Ancient WorldImagine trying to move a valuable piece of silk from China to the Mediterranean world two thousand years ago.
jakeloai·Sep 22Unmasking “SilkRoad 4.0”: Anatomy of an Impersonation Scam MarketplaceWhen browsing the DarkNet, encountering familiar brand names often evokes a sense of longevity and operational maturity. Recently, an onion…
InTime ChroniclesbyLeslie·Sep 19The Man with Thirty-Six Soldiers Who Redrew the Map of AsiaA response icon1A response icon1
InTeatime HistorybyPrateek Dasgupta·Sep 11Did a Silk Road Pandemic End the Roman Empire?The Antonine Plague, with a mortality rate of 25%, had devastating consequences for RomeA response icon5A response icon5
