tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409555464635498587.post6363572947586143638..comments2023-06-01T08:39:51.620-07:00Comments on elenabella: These Are the Cities Marco Polo Left Behindelenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07195930445294044722noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409555464635498587.post-36275771776560609572010-02-07T09:46:19.708-08:002010-02-07T09:46:19.708-08:00Thanks, Lyle! There is a Silk Road connection here...Thanks, Lyle! There is a Silk Road connection here in Bloomington, too, through a wonderful music group called Salaam.elenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07195930445294044722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409555464635498587.post-5926822346913810552010-02-05T21:25:37.684-08:002010-02-05T21:25:37.684-08:00Found an interesting article about the Silk Road o...Found an interesting article about the Silk Road online, <a href="http://www.ess.uci.edu/~oliver/silk.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>, in the website of the Earth Science Studies department of the University of California at Irvine.<br /><br />The article gives a history of the various Silk Road trade routes, the geography and cultures of the vast region, and other information. There's a brief bibliography at the end of the article.Lyle Daggetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10731915540520704368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409555464635498587.post-35742853825725415022010-02-04T08:48:03.668-08:002010-02-04T08:48:03.668-08:00And then there is Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Project...And then there is Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Project, a beautiful and continuing one that celebrates the cultures and musical traditions of the countries that Marco Polo traveled. It features musicians from those various countries, too--an intercultural endeavor of enormous significance!Joycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10176698692362507869noreply@blogger.com