Azerbaijani carpet weaving, occupies a special place in the history of its national culture. The most widespread folk art is carpet weaving. It made its way into the everyday life of the people of ...

What are the different funding sources needed to implement your project? So, now you have a project plan and a budget. Next, it’s time to figure out how to get the funds to actually put your project ...

Situated at the crossroads of the caravan routes, Khwarazm region in modern Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan participated in the cultural exchanges and interactions that existed in the Silk ...

Research into the Palaeolithic cultures of Central Asia is perhaps the earliest glimpse we have of human societies living in this macro-region. The most extensive research has been carried out in ...

SOAS, the School of Oriental and African Studies (University of London) is dedicated to the study of the languages, cultures and societies of Africa, Asia and the Middle East, and is the only Higher ...

There is a variety of extant literature from Sasanian Iran, reflecting the culture, traditions and legends of the empire and its people. The secular literature consists of the chronicles of Sasanian ...

Cities grew up along the Silk Roads as essential hubs of trade and exchange, here merchants and travellers came to stop and rest their animals and begin the process of trading their goods. From Xi’an ...

Jeju Island is situated in the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and covers a lava plateau with a shield volcano at an elevation of 1,950 meters above sea level. The biosphere reserve is located ...

The Silk Roads are amongst some of the most important routes in our collective history. It was through these roads that relations between east and west were established, exposing diverse regions to ...

A large and impressive network of sea routes that linked the East and West stretching from the west coast of Japan, through the Islands of Indonesia, around the Indian subcontinent to the Iranian ...

This is one of the most important collections of Central Asian manuscripts. It reflects the role of this part of the world as a cross-roads of the Silk Road and its importance in the development of ...

Religious movements and religions have had an important role on the history of the Silk Roads. It is notably the case of Buddhism which had a considerable influence on the early trade routes. Within ...