Ancient Eastern Civilizations: Should the "Silk Road" be renamed?

Interactive map - http://education.maps.arcgis.com/home/webmap/viewer.html?webmap=1628ed8796134bfdbeda184069cbe9ae

Database article - Silk Road http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/HVOKAV676203480/MSIC?u=nhais_342&sid=MSIC&xid=6b951d97

Silk Road article- https://www.ancient.eu/Silk_Road/#ci_author_and_copyright

Source B: American Museum of Natural History, exhibition description, "Traveling the Silk Road" (excerpts), 2009

Source A: Suleiman, description of Suleiman’s 851 C.E. travel through India and China, translated into English by Jerry H. Bentley, Voyage du marchand arabe Sulayman en Inde et en Chine  (excerpts), 1922

Excerpts: Richard Kurin, description of the role, value and uses of silk, “Silk Road: Connecting People and Cultures”, Smithsonian Institute, 2002.

http://www.silk-road.com/

Cause & Effect: Ancient China (eBook) chapter 5  GVRL eBook database http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/CX7195300012/GVRL?u=nhais_342&sid=GVRL&xid=0344282e

Article - Three Ways China can make the New Silk Road Sustainable

Article - China's New Silk Road Offers Environmental Promise