General Resources:
Silk Road Travel Journal – Interactive site from American Natural History Museum.
Silk Road Music – Make your own music on instruments that spread along the Silk Road
Silk Road Fables – Hear stories from Baghdad, Samarkand and Xi’an
Silk Road Maps – from a different site. These include a timeline, languages and instruments. You can also superimpose maps on one another.
Silk Road Music – Pictures of instruments along the Silk Road. Some of the instruments have samples you can listen to. Click on Music of the Silk Road
Silk Road Radio – Hear several songs from the Silk Road
Antioch:
The Noria video of special waterwheel technology. Water power is used to lift water to a higher elevation (usually to be put into an aquaduct or other gravity powered water system)
The Noria Another video of the Noria
More Noria Information (the Noria is really cool.)
Download The Story of the Five Cakes (Read by Elizabeth!)
Merv:
Cyark – Merv – a project to create a three dimensional world that captures the ancient city of Merv. Many photos as well as three dimensional landscapes to move through (if you have the correct plug-ins on your computer.)
Merv Photos – Professional photos of the excavations at ancient Merv.
Merv Movie – in Turkmen but some great images.
The Fable of the Lion and the Hare (Click on the correct fable on right)
Download Nasrudin the Smuggler (Read by Elizabeth Treat)
Download The Crowded Home (Read by Elizabeth Treat)
Kashgar:
Download The Wind and the Moon
Dunhuang:
Make your Own Mandala – Part of the Budhist religion that we’ll encounter in Dunhuang
Sand Mandala – being made
Learn how to Write Chinese Characters – for those who want more information
The Rookery 