The Silk Road
The Silk Road
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The Silk Road

2016
1 season
3 episodes
Documentary

Dr Sam Willis reveals how the Silk Road was the world's first global superhighway where people with new ideas, new cultures and new religions made exchanges that shaped humanity.

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Seasons

  • Venice

    1.Venice

    01-05-201659m

    In the first episode of his series tracing the story of the most famous trade route in history, Dr Sam Willis starts in Venice and explores how its Renaissance architecture and art...

  • Tajikistan

    2.Tajikistan

    08-05-201659m

    In the second episode of his series tracing the story of the most famous trade route in history, Dr Sam Willis travels west to central Asia, a part of the Silk Road often overlooke...

  • Iran

    3.Iran

    15-05-201659m

    In the final episode of his series tracing the story of the most famous trade route in history, Dr Sam Willis continues his journey west in Iran. The first BBC documentary team to...

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