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Private Journeys of Central Asia

THE OLD SILK ROAD
A unique and unforgettable experience along a path that was once
THE OLD SILK ROAD
connecting trade fromChina to Europe.


23 day
OVERLAND ADVENTURE Askabad to Almaty
UZBEKISTAN, TURKMENISTAN, KIRGIZISTAN & KAZAKISTAN
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Old Silk Road Central Asia Adventures

13 days 12 nights
Uzbekistan & Turkmenistan
Tashkent > Urgench > Khiva > Tashgouz > Ashgabad > Mary > Merv > Bukhara > Samarkand > Tashkent
Departs ex Tashkent USD 1200

 

early chronology

5000-500 B.C
3200 Horse domesticated on south Russian steppe.
3000 Minoan civilization starts, the earliest in Europe.
3000 Silk first produced in China.
3000 Sumerians develop first writing system.
2500 Domestication of the Bactrian and Arabian camel, vital for desert travel.
1700 Horse-drawn chariot introduced in Near East.
1500 Iron technology developed in Asia Minor.
1500 Seminomadic stockbreeding tribes inhaabit steppes.
900 Spread of mounted nomadism.
753 Rome founded.
707 Cimmerians, earliest-known mounted nomads, defeat kingdom of Urartu in Near East.
900-700 Scythians and Sarmatians appear in the northern steppes - two of the first races learn to ride horses and wear trousers. stirrup.
600s Zoroaster born in Persia.
560s Buddha born in Nepal.
550 Achaemenid Empire established in Persia.
500s Chinese adopt nomadic style, wear trousers and ride horses.
450 Herodotus visits Greek trading colony of Olbia to gather information on Scythians.
551-479 Confucius born in China.

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