Video: Buddhism on the Silk Road

I thought that this was a fairly appropriate video, going with the theme of Buddhism that we'll be going over in class next week...I still can't get over just how exactly they were able to carve out those magnificent statues that are embedded right in the mountains

"The Silk Road 11 Where Horses Fly Like the Wind"

A rather nice short film, journeying across the Silk Road.

Video: "Silk Road Journey From China Through Central Asia"

It's hard to really grasp the sheer vastness of the journey unless you actually went through and saw some of the points along it:

Map of Particular Goods' Origins

Certain regions specialized in producing particular goods

that were exported out along the route with merchants

and traders