Silk route Black and White Stock Photos & Images

'Seas and Lands of Europe and Asia, Crossed by the Polos on Their Hazardous Venture to the Court of Kublai Khan', c1933. A map showing the journey taken to visit the court of the Kublai Khan (1215-1294) by Marco Polo (c1254-1324), Niccolò Polo (c1230-c1294) and Maffeo Polo (c1230-c1309). Stock Photo

RM2PFPEXA–'Seas and Lands of Europe and Asia, Crossed by the Polos on Their Hazardous Venture to the Court of Kublai Khan', c1933. A map showing the journey taken to visit the court of the Kublai Khan (1215-1294) by Marco Polo (c1254-1324), Niccolò Polo (c1230-c1294) and Maffeo Polo (c1230-c1309).

Beautiful Curvy roads on Old Silk Route, Silk trading route between China and India border, Sikkim, India. part of OBOR project of China for trade. Stock Photo

RF2G13402–Beautiful Curvy roads on Old Silk Route, Silk trading route between China and India border, Sikkim, India. part of OBOR project of China for trade.

Ferdinand Freiherr von Richthofen (5 May 1833 – 6 October 1905) was a German traveller, geographer, and scientist. He is noted for coining the terms 'Seidenstrasse' and 'Seidenstrassen' or 'Silk Road' and 'Silk Route(s)' in 1877. Stock Photo

RM2B02HKT–Ferdinand Freiherr von Richthofen (5 May 1833 – 6 October 1905) was a German traveller, geographer, and scientist. He is noted for coining the terms 'Seidenstrasse' and 'Seidenstrassen' or 'Silk Road' and 'Silk Route(s)' in 1877.

Persian Camel Caravan at Rest Persia or Iran. Vintage Illustration or Engraving 1860. Stock Photo

RM2J0Y2B8–Persian Camel Caravan at Rest Persia or Iran. Vintage Illustration or Engraving 1860.

Impressions from the USSR 1972.agricultural workers, UZB, Uzbekistan, Asia Stock Photo

RM2M1E7EM–Impressions from the USSR 1972.agricultural workers, UZB, Uzbekistan, Asia

China: A staged trail on a trade route along the Minchou He, Gansu, c. 1910. Travel in Gansu, Mongolia, Tibet and Xinjiang was until recently extremely hazardous, with narrow and generally unpaved tracks criss-crossing desert, mountain, river and steppe. Stock Photo

RM2B00Y57–China: A staged trail on a trade route along the Minchou He, Gansu, c. 1910. Travel in Gansu, Mongolia, Tibet and Xinjiang was until recently extremely hazardous, with narrow and generally unpaved tracks criss-crossing desert, mountain, river and steppe.

Architectural history of hampi in india, a part of silk route Stock Photo

RF2M0GNWE–Architectural history of hampi in india, a part of silk route

China: A simple restaurant by the Tea Horse Road in western Yunnan, c. 1900. The Tea Horse Road (Cha Ma Dao) was a network of mule caravan paths winding through the mountains of Yunnan, Sichuan and Tibet in Southwest China. It is also sometimes referred to as the Southern Silk Road and Ancient Tea Horse Road. From around a thousand years ago, the Ancient Tea Route was a trade link from Yunnan, one of the first tea-producing regions, to India via Burma, to Tibet, and to central China via Sichuan Province. Stock Photo

RM2B01BM6–China: A simple restaurant by the Tea Horse Road in western Yunnan, c. 1900. The Tea Horse Road (Cha Ma Dao) was a network of mule caravan paths winding through the mountains of Yunnan, Sichuan and Tibet in Southwest China. It is also sometimes referred to as the Southern Silk Road and Ancient Tea Horse Road. From around a thousand years ago, the Ancient Tea Route was a trade link from Yunnan, one of the first tea-producing regions, to India via Burma, to Tibet, and to central China via Sichuan Province.

One Belt One Road new Silk Road concept. 21st-century connectivity and cooperation between Eurasian countries. Vector illustration. Stock Vector

RFMYTPDH–One Belt One Road new Silk Road concept. 21st-century connectivity and cooperation between Eurasian countries. Vector illustration.

China: Painting of Vishvantara Offering a White Elephant, Miran, Xinjiang. In ancient times Miran was a busy trading center on the southern part of the Silk Road, after the route split into two (the northern route and the southern route), as merchant caravans sought to escape travel across the harsh wasteland of the desert (called by the Chinese 'The Sea of Death') and the Tarim Basin. They went by going around its north or south rim. It was also a thriving centre of Buddhism, with many monasteries and stupas. Marc Aurel Stein was the first archaeologist to thoroughly study the ruins in 1907. Stock Photo

RM2B00P1F–China: Painting of Vishvantara Offering a White Elephant, Miran, Xinjiang. In ancient times Miran was a busy trading center on the southern part of the Silk Road, after the route split into two (the northern route and the southern route), as merchant caravans sought to escape travel across the harsh wasteland of the desert (called by the Chinese 'The Sea of Death') and the Tarim Basin. They went by going around its north or south rim. It was also a thriving centre of Buddhism, with many monasteries and stupas. Marc Aurel Stein was the first archaeologist to thoroughly study the ruins in 1907.

cartography, maps, Silk Road from Damascus to Khan Fou, drawing, Asia, China, Orient, Arabia, trade, business route, map, historic, historical, Stock Photo

RMB40Y3P–cartography, maps, Silk Road from Damascus to Khan Fou, drawing, Asia, China, Orient, Arabia, trade, business route, map, historic, historical,

Russian and Chinese Camel Caravan or Street Market at the Border Crossing or Border Town of Kyakhta, Republic of Buryatia, Russia. Vintage or Historic Engraving or Illustration 1863 Stock Photo

RM2WHT91W–Russian and Chinese Camel Caravan or Street Market at the Border Crossing or Border Town of Kyakhta, Republic of Buryatia, Russia. Vintage or Historic Engraving or Illustration 1863

The Desert Route - Girl of Beyrout, 1857. 'The young lady who is reclining against the wall of the fountain, her water-pot resting on a stone against which she herself leans, is the daughter of a shopkeeper at Beyrout...[She] is a fair specimen of the general run of Beyrout beauty; her features and hands are good, and so are her feet, though ensconced in those unseemly yellow shoes trimmed with red bows; she wears stockings, which is a certain indication at Beyrout of being well to do in the world; her dress is a chequered-pattern Damascus silk, and. the shawl round her waist is of Tripoli man Stock Photo

RM2R8Y43E–The Desert Route - Girl of Beyrout, 1857. 'The young lady who is reclining against the wall of the fountain, her water-pot resting on a stone against which she herself leans, is the daughter of a shopkeeper at Beyrout...[She] is a fair specimen of the general run of Beyrout beauty; her features and hands are good, and so are her feet, though ensconced in those unseemly yellow shoes trimmed with red bows; she wears stockings, which is a certain indication at Beyrout of being well to do in the world; her dress is a chequered-pattern Damascus silk, and. the shawl round her waist is of Tripoli man

1962 - ''Great Uhuru Railway'', En Route- Interior Of First Class Sleeping Car On The Great Uhuru Railway Showing Seats Made Into Berths. Regulation Seating Provides For Four Passengers In First Class Compartments, But Compartment Has Ample Room For Seating Six. Chinese Silk Curtains Are At The Wooden-Louvred (Pluss Normal Glass) Windows, And An Electric Fan And Passenger Controlled Loud-Speaker Music Contribute To Passenger Comfort. Cars Have Filtered Drinking Water Fountains. Credit: Keystone Pictures USA/ZUMAPRESS.com/Alamy Live News Stock Photo

RMHYWTKM–1962 - ''Great Uhuru Railway'', En Route- Interior Of First Class Sleeping Car On The Great Uhuru Railway Showing Seats Made Into Berths. Regulation Seating Provides For Four Passengers In First Class Compartments, But Compartment Has Ample Room For Seating Six. Chinese Silk Curtains Are At The Wooden-Louvred (Pluss Normal Glass) Windows, And An Electric Fan And Passenger Controlled Loud-Speaker Music Contribute To Passenger Comfort. Cars Have Filtered Drinking Water Fountains. Credit: Keystone Pictures USA/ZUMAPRESS.com/Alamy Live News

Waitresses look for customers outside their restaurants in Tashkent a once important city on the old Silk Road trading route Stock Photo

RMA20PB1–Waitresses look for customers outside their restaurants in Tashkent a once important city on the old Silk Road trading route

Polo, Marco, 1254 - 8.1.1324, Venetian merchant, traveler, on the silk road to Ciandu, woodcut based on Pjasetzki, 19th century, Stock Photo

RMCR4KTT–Polo, Marco, 1254 - 8.1.1324, Venetian merchant, traveler, on the silk road to Ciandu, woodcut based on Pjasetzki, 19th century,

RFB6C73A–Travel Landscape in China

16th Century Kalon Mosque (large enough to hold 10,000 people) in Bukhara. Stock Photo

RMCY84D4–16th Century Kalon Mosque (large enough to hold 10,000 people) in Bukhara.

Black and white image of young child held by her father, Bukhara, Uzbekistan Stock Photo

RM2X01KMJ–Black and white image of young child held by her father, Bukhara, Uzbekistan

Dromedary Camel Caravan at Nubra Valley landscape Ladakh Stock Photo

RMCEE856–Dromedary Camel Caravan at Nubra Valley landscape Ladakh

RF2G13401–Beautiful Curvy roads on Old Silk Route, Silk trading route between China and India border, Sikkim, India. part of OBOR project of China for trade.

Italia. Marco POLO (Venecia, 1254-1324). Mercader, viajero, explorador y descubridor veneciano. Grabado de 1892. Stock Photo

RMP51HWR–Italia. Marco POLO (Venecia, 1254-1324). Mercader, viajero, explorador y descubridor veneciano. Grabado de 1892.

RMARWB3D–Persian jews Tbilisi 1876

Impressions from the USSR 1972, UZB, Uzbekistan, Asia Stock Photo

RM2M1E7F6–Impressions from the USSR 1972, UZB, Uzbekistan, Asia

Tourists at Mingsha Shan, Dunhuang, Jiuquan, Gansu Province, China Stock Photo

RME0HWG5–Tourists at Mingsha Shan, Dunhuang, Jiuquan, Gansu Province, China

Vector illustration. Seamless background of lines. Background of lines and stripes Stock Vector

RFPXDAG8–Vector illustration. Seamless background of lines. Background of lines and stripes

RME6DX3W–Tourists at Mingsha Shan, Dunhuang, Jiuquan, Gansu Province, China

RMD86NMB–Syrians Go to Hormuz

China: A stucco head from Miran, south Xinjiang. In ancient times Miran was a busy trading center on the southern part of the Silk Road, after the route split into two (the northern route and the southern route), as caravans of merchants sought to escape travel across the harsh wasteland of the desert (called by the Chinese 'The Sea of Death') and the Tarim Basin. They went by going around its north or south rim. It was also a thriving center of Buddhism with many monasteries and stupas. Marc Aurel Stein was the first archaeologist to systematically study the ruins at Miran in 1907. Stock Photo

RM2B00MD3–China: A stucco head from Miran, south Xinjiang. In ancient times Miran was a busy trading center on the southern part of the Silk Road, after the route split into two (the northern route and the southern route), as caravans of merchants sought to escape travel across the harsh wasteland of the desert (called by the Chinese 'The Sea of Death') and the Tarim Basin. They went by going around its north or south rim. It was also a thriving center of Buddhism with many monasteries and stupas. Marc Aurel Stein was the first archaeologist to systematically study the ruins at Miran in 1907.

Trip around Kyrgyzstan and his nature and landscapes in June 2018 Stock Photo

RFPHJN0M–Trip around Kyrgyzstan and his nature and landscapes in June 2018

China: Tea Porters on Tea Horse Road, Western Sichuan, early 1900s. The Tea Horse Road (Cha Ma Dao) was a network of mule caravan paths winding through the mountains of Yunnan, Sichuan and Tibet in Southwest China. It is also sometimes referred to as the Southern Silk Road and Ancient Tea and Horse Road. From around a thousand years ago, the Ancient Tea Route was a trade link from Yunnan, one of the first tea-producing regions, to India via Burma, to Tibet and to central China via Sichuan Province. In addition to tea, the mule caravans carried salt. Stock Photo

RM2B01PF0–China: Tea Porters on Tea Horse Road, Western Sichuan, early 1900s. The Tea Horse Road (Cha Ma Dao) was a network of mule caravan paths winding through the mountains of Yunnan, Sichuan and Tibet in Southwest China. It is also sometimes referred to as the Southern Silk Road and Ancient Tea and Horse Road. From around a thousand years ago, the Ancient Tea Route was a trade link from Yunnan, one of the first tea-producing regions, to India via Burma, to Tibet and to central China via Sichuan Province. In addition to tea, the mule caravans carried salt.

'The Sind Valley', 19th century. Artist: Unknown. Stock Photo

RMMPNWR1–'The Sind Valley', 19th century. Artist: Unknown.

China: Haw Caravan in the hills of the Golden Triangle. Illustration, c. 1895. The Tea Horse Road (Cha Ma Dao) was a network of mule caravan paths winding through the mountains of Yunnan, Sichuan and Tibet in Southwest China. It is also sometimes referred to as the Southern Silk Road and Ancient Tea Horse Road. From around a thousand years ago, the Ancient Tea Route was a trade link from Yunnan, one of the first tea-producing regions, to India via Burma, to Tibet, and to central China via Sichuan Province. In addition to tea, the mule caravans carried salt. Stock Photo

RM2B01BM1–China: Haw Caravan in the hills of the Golden Triangle. Illustration, c. 1895. The Tea Horse Road (Cha Ma Dao) was a network of mule caravan paths winding through the mountains of Yunnan, Sichuan and Tibet in Southwest China. It is also sometimes referred to as the Southern Silk Road and Ancient Tea Horse Road. From around a thousand years ago, the Ancient Tea Route was a trade link from Yunnan, one of the first tea-producing regions, to India via Burma, to Tibet, and to central China via Sichuan Province. In addition to tea, the mule caravans carried salt.

boys play football in front of the Bibi Khanym mausoleum in Samarkand the old Silk Road trading route city, Uzbekistan Stock Photo

RMA20PB3–boys play football in front of the Bibi Khanym mausoleum in Samarkand the old Silk Road trading route city, Uzbekistan

China: The walled city of Pu'er (now Simao) in southern Yunnan c. 1868. The Tea Horse Road (Cha Ma Dao) was a network of mule caravan paths winding through the mountains of Yunnan, Sichuan and Tibet in Southwest China. It is also sometimes referred to as the Southern Silk Road and Ancient Tea and Horse Road. From around a thousand years ago, the Ancient Tea Route was a trade link from Yunnan, one of the first tea-producing regions, to India via Burma, to Tibet, and to central China via Sichuan Province. In addition to tea, the mule caravans carried salt. Stock Photo

RM2B00MB8–China: The walled city of Pu'er (now Simao) in southern Yunnan c. 1868. The Tea Horse Road (Cha Ma Dao) was a network of mule caravan paths winding through the mountains of Yunnan, Sichuan and Tibet in Southwest China. It is also sometimes referred to as the Southern Silk Road and Ancient Tea and Horse Road. From around a thousand years ago, the Ancient Tea Route was a trade link from Yunnan, one of the first tea-producing regions, to India via Burma, to Tibet, and to central China via Sichuan Province. In addition to tea, the mule caravans carried salt.

Galley Fight from Medieval Fresco in Siena Stock Photo

RFB6CANF–Galley Fight from Medieval Fresco in Siena

A Chef Cooks Rice For PLOV (The National Dish) At The Central Asian Plov Centre, Tashkent, Uzbekistan Stock Photo

RMM8YD1F–A Chef Cooks Rice For PLOV (The National Dish) At The Central Asian Plov Centre, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Improved Portable Compound Engine. 3 figures 4215 Progress of Engineering in America 4216 The New Overland Route 4216 Th a Northern Pacific Railway 4216 Gas Motors System of Buss Sombart & Co. 8 figures Improved Steam Hammer. 1 figure 4218 Jack-screws for Raising Rails. 1 figure 4210 MacAdam vs. Cedar Block 4221 Electro-Cheinical Analysis of Metals. 1 figure 4226 4226 Soap 1 n Pomades Application to a Navigational Depth Gauge 4225 IV. PHYSIOLOGY MEDICINE. ETCFlaying of the Vocal Cords Silk Worms and Forest Trees 42.28 Vienna. Large illustration 4222 VII. MISCELLANEOUSFrosts and Autumnal Stock Photo

RM2ABWNNR–Improved Portable Compound Engine. 3 figures 4215 Progress of Engineering in America 4216 The New Overland Route 4216 Th a Northern Pacific Railway 4216 Gas Motors System of Buss Sombart & Co. 8 figures Improved Steam Hammer. 1 figure 4218 Jack-screws for Raising Rails. 1 figure 4210 MacAdam vs. Cedar Block 4221 Electro-Cheinical Analysis of Metals. 1 figure 4226 4226 Soap 1 n Pomades Application to a Navigational Depth Gauge 4225 IV. PHYSIOLOGY MEDICINE. ETCFlaying of the Vocal Cords Silk Worms and Forest Trees 42.28 Vienna. Large illustration 4222 VII. MISCELLANEOUSFrosts and Autumnal

RMCEE842–Dromedary Camel Caravan at Nubra Valley landscape Ladakh

RF2G133XF–Beautiful Curvy roads on Old Silk Route, Silk trading route between China and India border, Sikkim, India. part of OBOR project of China for trade.

A Young Uzbek Couple Walk Through The Streets Of Khiva After Getting Married, Khiva, Uzbekistan Stock Photo

RMM8YD05–A Young Uzbek Couple Walk Through The Streets Of Khiva After Getting Married, Khiva, Uzbekistan

RMARWBA4–Tbilisi prison 1876

RM2M1E7GY–Impressions from the USSR 1972, UZB, Uzbekistan, Asia

Khan al-Umdan largest caravanserai in Acre, Israel was built in 1784 during Ottoman rule - B&W Stock Photo

RF2PPY6RY–Khan al-Umdan largest caravanserai in Acre, Israel was built in 1784 during Ottoman rule - B&W

Marco Polo, c. 1254 –1324, an Italian merchant, explorer and writer, map of his travels, digital edited Stock Photo

RM2R0BHP1–Marco Polo, c. 1254 –1324, an Italian merchant, explorer and writer, map of his travels, digital edited

'Street scene, Yarkand', c1890. Artist: Unknown Stock Photo

RMW7DG23–'Street scene, Yarkand', c1890. Artist: Unknown

People on the friday market outside the Juma Mosque in the once important city of Kokand on the old Silk Road trading route. Stock Photo

RMA20PC3–People on the friday market outside the Juma Mosque in the once important city of Kokand on the old Silk Road trading route.

China: Tea porter on a trail in western Sichuan, 1928. The Tea Horse Road (Cha Ma Dao) was a network of mule caravan paths winding through the mountains of Yunnan, Sichuan and Tibet in Southwest China. It is also sometimes referred to as the Southern Silk Road and Ancient Tea and Horse Road. From around a thousand years ago, the Ancient Tea Route was a trade link from Yunnan, one of the first tea-producing regions, to India via Burma, to Tibet, and to central China via Sichuan Province. In addition to tea, the mule caravans carried salt. Stock Photo

RM2B0116C–China: Tea porter on a trail in western Sichuan, 1928. The Tea Horse Road (Cha Ma Dao) was a network of mule caravan paths winding through the mountains of Yunnan, Sichuan and Tibet in Southwest China. It is also sometimes referred to as the Southern Silk Road and Ancient Tea and Horse Road. From around a thousand years ago, the Ancient Tea Route was a trade link from Yunnan, one of the first tea-producing regions, to India via Burma, to Tibet, and to central China via Sichuan Province. In addition to tea, the mule caravans carried salt.

RFB6GPWW–Battle of Curzola

Beautiful famous curvy roads on Old Silk Route, Silk trading route between China and India, Sikkim, black and white image Stock Photo

RF2G13326–Beautiful famous curvy roads on Old Silk Route, Silk trading route between China and India, Sikkim, black and white image

RMM8YD0H–A Young Uzbek Couple Walk Through The Streets Of Khiva After Getting Married, Khiva, Uzbekistan

RMARWB8E–Tbilisi saddle shop 1876

RM2M1E7DN–Impressions from the USSR 1972, UZB, Uzbekistan, Asia

A Wedding Party Visit The Pahlavan Muhmud Mausoleum , Khiva, Uzbekistan Stock Photo

RMM8YD0B–A Wedding Party Visit The Pahlavan Muhmud Mausoleum , Khiva, Uzbekistan

RMM8YD0E–A Young Uzbek Couple Walk Through The Streets Of Khiva After Getting Married, Khiva, Uzbekistan

Young girls in Samarkand the once hugely important city on the Silk Road trading route prepare to run a mini marathon, Uzbekista Stock Photo

RMA20PB7–Young girls in Samarkand the once hugely important city on the Silk Road trading route prepare to run a mini marathon, Uzbekista

China: Tea shop with bags of brick tea, Lhasa, c.1928. The Tea Horse Road (Cha Ma Dao) was a network of mule caravan paths winding through the mountains of Yunnan, Sichuan and Tibet in Southwest China. It is also sometimes referred to as the Southern Silk Road and Ancient Tea and Horse Road. From around a thousand years ago, the Ancient Tea Route was a trade link from Yunnan, one of the first tea-producing regions, to India via Burma, to Tibet, and to central China via Sichuan Province. In addition to tea, the mule caravans carried salt. Stock Photo

RM2B00MBB–China: Tea shop with bags of brick tea, Lhasa, c.1928. The Tea Horse Road (Cha Ma Dao) was a network of mule caravan paths winding through the mountains of Yunnan, Sichuan and Tibet in Southwest China. It is also sometimes referred to as the Southern Silk Road and Ancient Tea and Horse Road. From around a thousand years ago, the Ancient Tea Route was a trade link from Yunnan, one of the first tea-producing regions, to India via Burma, to Tibet, and to central China via Sichuan Province. In addition to tea, the mule caravans carried salt.

RFB6CNAK–Polos Return to Venice

China: Tea Porters on Tea Horse Road, Western Sichuan, 1908. The Tea Horse Road (Cha Ma Dao) was a network of mule caravan paths winding through the mountains of Yunnan, Sichuan and Tibet in Southwest China. It is also sometimes referred to as the Southern Silk Road and Ancient Tea and Horse Road. From around a thousand years ago, the Ancient Tea Route was a trade link from Yunnan, one of the first tea-producing regions, to India via Burma, to Tibet, and to central China via Sichuan Province. In addition to tea, the mule caravans carried salt. Stock Photo

RM2B00MB2–China: Tea Porters on Tea Horse Road, Western Sichuan, 1908. The Tea Horse Road (Cha Ma Dao) was a network of mule caravan paths winding through the mountains of Yunnan, Sichuan and Tibet in Southwest China. It is also sometimes referred to as the Southern Silk Road and Ancient Tea and Horse Road. From around a thousand years ago, the Ancient Tea Route was a trade link from Yunnan, one of the first tea-producing regions, to India via Burma, to Tibet, and to central China via Sichuan Province. In addition to tea, the mule caravans carried salt.

RFB6CAH9–Polo's House in Venice

China: Workers at a tea packing factory in late 19th century China. The Tea Horse Road (Cha Ma Dao) was a network of mule caravan paths winding through the mountains of Yunnan, Sichuan and Tibet in Southwest China. It is also sometimes referred to as the Southern Silk Road and Ancient Tea and Horse Road. From around a thousand years ago, the Ancient Tea Route was a trade link from Yunnan, one of the first tea-producing regions, to India via Burma, to Tibet, and to central China via Sichuan Province. In addition to tea, the mule caravans carried salt. Stock Photo

RM2B00MB6–China: Workers at a tea packing factory in late 19th century China. The Tea Horse Road (Cha Ma Dao) was a network of mule caravan paths winding through the mountains of Yunnan, Sichuan and Tibet in Southwest China. It is also sometimes referred to as the Southern Silk Road and Ancient Tea and Horse Road. From around a thousand years ago, the Ancient Tea Route was a trade link from Yunnan, one of the first tea-producing regions, to India via Burma, to Tibet, and to central China via Sichuan Province. In addition to tea, the mule caravans carried salt.

RF2G1332Y–Beautiful famous curvy roads on Old Silk Route, Silk trading route between China and India, Sikkim - black and white image

RFB6CBP6–City of Tali and Marco Polo

RM2M1E7FP–Impressions from the USSR 1972, UZB, Uzbekistan, Asia

RM2M1E7E9–Impressions from the USSR 1972, UZB, Uzbekistan, Asia

Selling animal hoofs in the Chorsu bazaar in Tashkent, a city once important on the old Silk Road trading route, Uzbekistan Stock Photo

RMA20PB5–Selling animal hoofs in the Chorsu bazaar in Tashkent, a city once important on the old Silk Road trading route, Uzbekistan

China: A diagram showing details of equestrian anatomy, c. 600 BCE. The Tea Horse Road (Cha Ma Dao) was a network of mule caravan paths winding through the mountains of Yunnan, Sichuan and Tibet in Southwest China. It is also sometimes referred to as the Southern Silk Road and Ancient Tea and Horse Road. From around a thousand years ago, the Ancient Tea Route was a trade link from Yunnan, one of the first tea-producing regions, to India via Burma, to Tibet, and to central China via Sichuan Province. In addition to tea, the mule caravans carried salt. Stock Photo

RM2B0119H–China: A diagram showing details of equestrian anatomy, c. 600 BCE. The Tea Horse Road (Cha Ma Dao) was a network of mule caravan paths winding through the mountains of Yunnan, Sichuan and Tibet in Southwest China. It is also sometimes referred to as the Southern Silk Road and Ancient Tea and Horse Road. From around a thousand years ago, the Ancient Tea Route was a trade link from Yunnan, one of the first tea-producing regions, to India via Burma, to Tibet, and to central China via Sichuan Province. In addition to tea, the mule caravans carried salt.

RF2G1331C–Beautiful famous curvy roads on Old Silk Route, Silk trading route between China and India, Sikkim - black and white image

China: A Hui Muslim mule caravan passing through a village in western Yunnan, c. 1905. The Tea Horse Road (Cha Ma Dao) was a network of mule caravan paths winding through the mountains of Yunnan, Sichuan and Tibet in Southwest China. It is also sometimes referred to as the Southern Silk Road and Ancient Tea Horse Road. From around a thousand years ago, the Ancient Tea Route was a trade link from Yunnan, one of the first tea-producing regions, to India via Burma, to Tibet, and to central China via Sichuan Province. In addition to tea, the mule caravans carried salt. Stock Photo

RM2B01BM7–China: A Hui Muslim mule caravan passing through a village in western Yunnan, c. 1905. The Tea Horse Road (Cha Ma Dao) was a network of mule caravan paths winding through the mountains of Yunnan, Sichuan and Tibet in Southwest China. It is also sometimes referred to as the Southern Silk Road and Ancient Tea Horse Road. From around a thousand years ago, the Ancient Tea Route was a trade link from Yunnan, one of the first tea-producing regions, to India via Burma, to Tibet, and to central China via Sichuan Province. In addition to tea, the mule caravans carried salt.

RM2M1E7DR–Impressions from the USSR 1972, UZB, Uzbekistan, Asia

Impressions from the USSR 1972, UZB, Uzbekistan Stock Photo

RM2K9W36F–Impressions from the USSR 1972, UZB, Uzbekistan

Men of Kokand, city on old Silk Road trading route, drink green tea in a tea house after friday prayers at the Juma Mosque. Stock Photo

RMA20PC2–Men of Kokand, city on old Silk Road trading route, drink green tea in a tea house after friday prayers at the Juma Mosque.

RF2G1331E–Beautiful famous curvy roads on Old Silk Route, Silk trading route between China and India, Sikkim - black and white image

China: A mule train resting by the wayside in a small Hui Muslim village, Yunnan, 1903. The Tea Horse Road (Cha Ma Dao) was a network of mule caravan paths winding through the mountains of Yunnan, Sichuan and Tibet in Southwest China. It is also sometimes referred to as the Southern Silk Road and Ancient Tea Horse Road. From around a thousand years ago, the Ancient Tea Route was a trade link from Yunnan, one of the first tea-producing regions, to India via Burma, to Tibet, and to central China via Sichuan Province. In addition to tea, the mule caravans carried salt. Stock Photo

RM2B01BM4–China: A mule train resting by the wayside in a small Hui Muslim village, Yunnan, 1903. The Tea Horse Road (Cha Ma Dao) was a network of mule caravan paths winding through the mountains of Yunnan, Sichuan and Tibet in Southwest China. It is also sometimes referred to as the Southern Silk Road and Ancient Tea Horse Road. From around a thousand years ago, the Ancient Tea Route was a trade link from Yunnan, one of the first tea-producing regions, to India via Burma, to Tibet, and to central China via Sichuan Province. In addition to tea, the mule caravans carried salt.

Jaisalmer,Rajasthan,India - October 14, 2019 : Night image of famous Jaisalmer Fort or Sonar Quila or Golden Fort. A 'living fort'-of yellow sand stone Stock Photo

RF2K10KP5–Jaisalmer,Rajasthan,India - October 14, 2019 : Night image of famous Jaisalmer Fort or Sonar Quila or Golden Fort. A 'living fort'-of yellow sand stone

China: Tea Porters on Tea Horse Road, Western Sichuan. Photo by Ernest Henry Wilson (15 February 1876 - 15 October 1930), c. 1908. The Tea Horse Road (Cha Ma Dao) was a network of mule caravan paths winding through the mountains of Yunnan, Sichuan and Tibet in Southwest China. It is also sometimes referred to as the Southern Silk Road and Ancient Tea Horse Road. From around a thousand years ago, the Ancient Tea Route was a trade link from Yunnan, one of the first tea-producing regions, to India via Burma, to Tibet, and to central China via Sichuan Province. Stock Photo

RM2B01BM0–China: Tea Porters on Tea Horse Road, Western Sichuan. Photo by Ernest Henry Wilson (15 February 1876 - 15 October 1930), c. 1908. The Tea Horse Road (Cha Ma Dao) was a network of mule caravan paths winding through the mountains of Yunnan, Sichuan and Tibet in Southwest China. It is also sometimes referred to as the Southern Silk Road and Ancient Tea Horse Road. From around a thousand years ago, the Ancient Tea Route was a trade link from Yunnan, one of the first tea-producing regions, to India via Burma, to Tibet, and to central China via Sichuan Province.

Jaisalmer,Rajasthan,India - October 15, 2019 : Jaisalmer Fort or Sonar Quila or Golden Fort, made of yellow sandstone, in the afternoon light. Stock Photo

RF2K3WANR–Jaisalmer,Rajasthan,India - October 15, 2019 : Jaisalmer Fort or Sonar Quila or Golden Fort, made of yellow sandstone, in the afternoon light.

China/Tibet: Chinese propaganda image of happy Tibetans enjoying freshly-churned butter tea at the time of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution (1966-1976). The Tea Horse Road (Cha Ma Dao) was a network of mule caravan paths winding through the mountains of Yunnan, Sichuan and Tibet in Southwest China. It is also sometimes referred to as the Southern Silk Road and Ancient Tea and Horse Road. From around a thousand years ago, the Ancient Tea Route was a trade link from Yunnan, one of the first tea-producing regions, to India via Burma, to Tibet, and to central China via Sichuan Province. Stock Photo

RM2B01WN8–China/Tibet: Chinese propaganda image of happy Tibetans enjoying freshly-churned butter tea at the time of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution (1966-1976). The Tea Horse Road (Cha Ma Dao) was a network of mule caravan paths winding through the mountains of Yunnan, Sichuan and Tibet in Southwest China. It is also sometimes referred to as the Southern Silk Road and Ancient Tea and Horse Road. From around a thousand years ago, the Ancient Tea Route was a trade link from Yunnan, one of the first tea-producing regions, to India via Burma, to Tibet, and to central China via Sichuan Province.

RM2M2Y8J5–Impressions from the USSR 1972, UZB, Uzbekistan

China: Massed caravan of pack animals carrying tea at Songpan, Northwest Sichuan, in 1922 The Tea Horse Road (Cha Ma Dao) was a network of mule caravan paths winding through the mountains of Yunnan, Sichuan and Tibet in Southwest China. It is also sometimes referred to as the Southern Silk Road and Ancient Tea and Horse Road. From around a thousand years ago, the Ancient Tea Route was a trade link from Yunnan, one of the first tea-producing regions, to India via Burma, to Tibet, and to central China via Sichuan Province. In addition to tea, the mule caravans carried salt. Stock Photo

RM2B00MB1–China: Massed caravan of pack animals carrying tea at Songpan, Northwest Sichuan, in 1922 The Tea Horse Road (Cha Ma Dao) was a network of mule caravan paths winding through the mountains of Yunnan, Sichuan and Tibet in Southwest China. It is also sometimes referred to as the Southern Silk Road and Ancient Tea and Horse Road. From around a thousand years ago, the Ancient Tea Route was a trade link from Yunnan, one of the first tea-producing regions, to India via Burma, to Tibet, and to central China via Sichuan Province. In addition to tea, the mule caravans carried salt.

China: Muleteers crossing the Luding Bridge over the Dadu River in Luding County, Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan. Photo by Auguste Francois (20 August 1857 - 4 July 1935), c. 1900. The Tea Horse Road (Cha Ma Dao) was a network of mule caravan paths winding through the mountains of Yunnan, Sichuan and Tibet in Southwest China. It is also sometimes referred to as the Southern Silk Road and Ancient Tea Horse Road. From around a thousand years ago, the Ancient Tea Route was a trade link from Yunnan, one of the first tea-producing regions, to India via Myanmar. Stock Photo

RM2B01BM3–China: Muleteers crossing the Luding Bridge over the Dadu River in Luding County, Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan. Photo by Auguste Francois (20 August 1857 - 4 July 1935), c. 1900. The Tea Horse Road (Cha Ma Dao) was a network of mule caravan paths winding through the mountains of Yunnan, Sichuan and Tibet in Southwest China. It is also sometimes referred to as the Southern Silk Road and Ancient Tea Horse Road. From around a thousand years ago, the Ancient Tea Route was a trade link from Yunnan, one of the first tea-producing regions, to India via Myanmar.

China: Embarkation of mules on the Lancang (Upper Mekong) at Notcha Tian-pi, west of Pu'er. Illustration, c. 1895. The Tea Horse Road (Cha Ma Dao) was a network of mule caravan paths winding through the mountains of Yunnan, Sichuan and Tibet in Southwest China. It is also sometimes referred to as the Southern Silk Road and Ancient Tea Horse Road. From around a thousand years ago, the Ancient Tea Route was a trade link from Yunnan, one of the first tea-producing regions, to India via Burma, to Tibet, and to central China via Sichuan Province. In addition to tea, the mule caravans carried salt. Stock Photo

RM2B01BKX–China: Embarkation of mules on the Lancang (Upper Mekong) at Notcha Tian-pi, west of Pu'er. Illustration, c. 1895. The Tea Horse Road (Cha Ma Dao) was a network of mule caravan paths winding through the mountains of Yunnan, Sichuan and Tibet in Southwest China. It is also sometimes referred to as the Southern Silk Road and Ancient Tea Horse Road. From around a thousand years ago, the Ancient Tea Route was a trade link from Yunnan, one of the first tea-producing regions, to India via Burma, to Tibet, and to central China via Sichuan Province. In addition to tea, the mule caravans carried salt.

Chorsu bazaar in the old Silk Road trading route city of Tashkent, Uzbekistan Stock Photo

RMA20PAE–Chorsu bazaar in the old Silk Road trading route city of Tashkent, Uzbekistan

RM2M2Y8HN–Impressions from the USSR 1972, UZB, Uzbekistan

China: Mule caravan and tea porters, Yunnan, engraving by Louis Delaporte (1842-1925), c.1868. The Tea Horse Road (Cha Ma Dao) was a network of mule caravan paths winding through the mountains of Yunnan, Sichuan and Tibet in Southwest China. It is also sometimes referred to as the Southern Silk Road and Ancient Tea and Horse Road. From around a thousand years ago, the Ancient Tea Route was a trade link from Yunnan, one of the first tea-producing regions, to India via Burma, to Tibet, and to central China via Sichuan Province. In addition to tea, the mule caravans carried salt. Stock Photo

RM2B00MB9–China: Mule caravan and tea porters, Yunnan, engraving by Louis Delaporte (1842-1925), c.1868. The Tea Horse Road (Cha Ma Dao) was a network of mule caravan paths winding through the mountains of Yunnan, Sichuan and Tibet in Southwest China. It is also sometimes referred to as the Southern Silk Road and Ancient Tea and Horse Road. From around a thousand years ago, the Ancient Tea Route was a trade link from Yunnan, one of the first tea-producing regions, to India via Burma, to Tibet, and to central China via Sichuan Province. In addition to tea, the mule caravans carried salt.

RM2K9W354–Impressions from the USSR 1972, UZB, Uzbekistan

China: Transporting a mule across the Lancang (Upper Mekong). Lithograph, c. 1895. The Tea Horse Road (Cha Ma Dao) was a network of mule caravan paths winding through the mountains of Yunnan, Sichuan and Tibet in Southwest China. It is also sometimes referred to as the Southern Silk Road and Ancient Tea Horse Road. From around a thousand years ago, the Ancient Tea Route was a trade link from Yunnan, one of the first tea-producing regions, to India via Burma, to Tibet, and to central China via Sichuan Province. In addition to tea, the mule caravans carried salt. Stock Photo

RM2B01BKR–China: Transporting a mule across the Lancang (Upper Mekong). Lithograph, c. 1895. The Tea Horse Road (Cha Ma Dao) was a network of mule caravan paths winding through the mountains of Yunnan, Sichuan and Tibet in Southwest China. It is also sometimes referred to as the Southern Silk Road and Ancient Tea Horse Road. From around a thousand years ago, the Ancient Tea Route was a trade link from Yunnan, one of the first tea-producing regions, to India via Burma, to Tibet, and to central China via Sichuan Province. In addition to tea, the mule caravans carried salt.

China/Tibet: Chinese propaganda image of happy Tibetans offering butter tea to a Han Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) tractor driver at the time of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution (1966-1976). The Tea Horse Road (Cha Ma Dao) was a network of mule caravan paths winding through the mountains of Yunnan, Sichuan and Tibet in Southwest China. It is also sometimes referred to as the Southern Silk Road and Ancient Tea and Horse Road. From around a thousand years ago, the Ancient Tea Route was a trade link from Yunnan, one of the first tea-producing regions, to India via Burma. Stock Photo

RM2B01WNG–China/Tibet: Chinese propaganda image of happy Tibetans offering butter tea to a Han Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) tractor driver at the time of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution (1966-1976). The Tea Horse Road (Cha Ma Dao) was a network of mule caravan paths winding through the mountains of Yunnan, Sichuan and Tibet in Southwest China. It is also sometimes referred to as the Southern Silk Road and Ancient Tea and Horse Road. From around a thousand years ago, the Ancient Tea Route was a trade link from Yunnan, one of the first tea-producing regions, to India via Burma.

China: Tea porters and muleteers crossing the Luding Bridge over the Dadu River in Luding County, Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan, c. 1939. The Tea Horse Road (Cha Ma Dao) was a network of mule caravan paths winding through the mountains of Yunnan, Sichuan and Tibet in Southwest China. It is also sometimes referred to as the Southern Silk Road and Ancient Tea Horse Road. From around a thousand years ago, the Ancient Tea Route was a trade link from Yunnan, one of the first tea-producing regions, to India via Burma, to Tibet and to central China via Sichuan Province. Stock Photo

RM2B01RWN–China: Tea porters and muleteers crossing the Luding Bridge over the Dadu River in Luding County, Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan, c. 1939. The Tea Horse Road (Cha Ma Dao) was a network of mule caravan paths winding through the mountains of Yunnan, Sichuan and Tibet in Southwest China. It is also sometimes referred to as the Southern Silk Road and Ancient Tea Horse Road. From around a thousand years ago, the Ancient Tea Route was a trade link from Yunnan, one of the first tea-producing regions, to India via Burma, to Tibet and to central China via Sichuan Province.

China: The concealed documents cave at Mogao, Dunhuang, Gansu, c. 1907. In the early 1900s, a Chinese Taoist named Wang Yuanlu appointed himself guardian of some of these temples. Wang discovered a walled up area behind one side of a corridor leading to a main cave. Behind the wall was a small cave stuffed with an enormous hoard of manuscripts dating from 406 to 1002 CE. These included old hemp paper scrolls in Chinese and many other languages, paintings on hemp, silk or paper, numerous damaged figurines of Buddhas, and other Buddhist paraphernalia. Stock Photo

RM2B00MEC–China: The concealed documents cave at Mogao, Dunhuang, Gansu, c. 1907. In the early 1900s, a Chinese Taoist named Wang Yuanlu appointed himself guardian of some of these temples. Wang discovered a walled up area behind one side of a corridor leading to a main cave. Behind the wall was a small cave stuffed with an enormous hoard of manuscripts dating from 406 to 1002 CE. These included old hemp paper scrolls in Chinese and many other languages, paintings on hemp, silk or paper, numerous damaged figurines of Buddhas, and other Buddhist paraphernalia.

RM2K9W365–Impressions from the USSR 1972, UZB, Uzbekistan

RM2B00MN9–China: Painting of Vishvantara Offering a White Elephant, Miran, Xinjiang. In ancient times Miran was a busy trading center on the southern part of the Silk Road, after the route split into two (the northern route and the southern route), as caravans of merchants sought to escape travel across the harsh wasteland of the desert (called by the Chinese 'The Sea of Death') and the Tarim Basin. It was also a thriving center of Buddhism with many monasteries and stupas. Marc Aurel Stein was the first archaeologist to systematically study the ruins at Miran in 1907.

Miran is an ancient oasis town located on the southern rim of the Taklamakan Desert in China, along the famous trade route known as the Silk Road where the Lop Nur desert meets the Altun Shan mountains. Two thousand years ago a river flowed down from the mountain and Miran had a sophisticated irrigation system. Now the area is a sparsely inhabited dusty spot with poor roads and minimal transportation in the Xinjiang Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China. However, archaeological excavations since the early 20th century have uncovered an extensive Buddhist monastic site from the Stock Photo

RM2B02ADP–Miran is an ancient oasis town located on the southern rim of the Taklamakan Desert in China, along the famous trade route known as the Silk Road where the Lop Nur desert meets the Altun Shan mountains. Two thousand years ago a river flowed down from the mountain and Miran had a sophisticated irrigation system. Now the area is a sparsely inhabited dusty spot with poor roads and minimal transportation in the Xinjiang Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China. However, archaeological excavations since the early 20th century have uncovered an extensive Buddhist monastic site from the

China: Equestrian drawings on paper from Mazar Tagh, Xinjiang. Mazar Tagh (Tomb Mountain) is located in the middle of the Taklamakan Desert, about halfway along the Khotan cross-desert highway, then west across the Hotan River. There are the remains of an old fortress dating from the 7th-8th century CE. Stock Photo

RM2B00ME7–China: Equestrian drawings on paper from Mazar Tagh, Xinjiang. Mazar Tagh (Tomb Mountain) is located in the middle of the Taklamakan Desert, about halfway along the Khotan cross-desert highway, then west across the Hotan River. There are the remains of an old fortress dating from the 7th-8th century CE.

RM2M2Y8HW–Impressions from the USSR 1972, UZB, Uzbekistan

Probably born in Venice around 1254 CE, Marco Polo was raised by his aunt and uncle after his mother died. His father, Niccolo, was a Venetian merchant who left before Marco was born to trade in the Middle East. Niccolo and his brother Maffeo passed through much of Asia and met with Mongol emperor Kublai Khan who reportedly invited them to be ambassadors. In 1269, Niccolo and Maffeo returned to Venice, meeting Marco for the first time. In 1271, Marco Polo, aged 17, with his father and his uncle, set off for Asia, travelling through Constantinople, Baghdad, Persia, Kashgar, China and Burma. Th Stock Photo

RM2B02FWM–Probably born in Venice around 1254 CE, Marco Polo was raised by his aunt and uncle after his mother died. His father, Niccolo, was a Venetian merchant who left before Marco was born to trade in the Middle East. Niccolo and his brother Maffeo passed through much of Asia and met with Mongol emperor Kublai Khan who reportedly invited them to be ambassadors. In 1269, Niccolo and Maffeo returned to Venice, meeting Marco for the first time. In 1271, Marco Polo, aged 17, with his father and his uncle, set off for Asia, travelling through Constantinople, Baghdad, Persia, Kashgar, China and Burma. Th

RM2K9W36N–Impressions from the USSR 1972, UZB, Uzbekistan

Italy/China: Engraving of an elderly Marco Polo (15 September 1254 - 8 January 1324), c. 1600. Born in Venice, Marco Polo was raised by his aunt and uncle after his mother died. His father, Niccolo, was a Venetian merchant who left before Marco was born to trade in the Middle East. In 1269, Niccolo and his brother Maffeo returned to Venice, meeting Marco for the first time. In 1271, Marco Polo, aged 17, set off for Asia with his father and his uncle, travelling through Constantinople, Baghdad, Persia, Kashgar, China and Burma. They returned to Venice 24 years later with many riches. Stock Photo

RM2B014TX–Italy/China: Engraving of an elderly Marco Polo (15 September 1254 - 8 January 1324), c. 1600. Born in Venice, Marco Polo was raised by his aunt and uncle after his mother died. His father, Niccolo, was a Venetian merchant who left before Marco was born to trade in the Middle East. In 1269, Niccolo and his brother Maffeo returned to Venice, meeting Marco for the first time. In 1271, Marco Polo, aged 17, set off for Asia with his father and his uncle, travelling through Constantinople, Baghdad, Persia, Kashgar, China and Burma. They returned to Venice 24 years later with many riches.

RM2M2Y8G3–Impressions from the USSR 1972, UZB, Uzbekistan

RM2M2Y8MD–Impressions from the USSR 1972, UZB, Uzbekistan

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