This is a summary of one of the articles from Webzine SILKROADIA VOL.4 NO.1. To read more, please download our Webzine and read "Afghanistan - The Forgotten Heart of the Silk Road in Asia" written by Spozhmai Salma Stanakzai. The author begins the story with how humans have traveled the world for various reasons at different times. Sometimes they traveled for trade or to escape...

  This is a short summary of one of the articles from Webzine SILKROADIA VOL.4 NO.1. For more specialized information, please download our Webzine, and read "A Witness to Violence: Atiq Rahim" written by Cameron Shirvani Steiner, an Film Studies student in the Dodge College of Film & Media Arts at Chapman University in Orange County, California, USA. “Language i...

This is a short summary of one of the articles from Webzine SILKROADIA VOL.4 NO.1. For more specialized information, please download our Webzine and read "Sigiriya: the Eighth Wonder of the World" written by Amali Ranavi Thanthrige, member of 'Youth as Researchers' program of  UNESCO and working as a youth climate activist.   Sigiriya is located in Matale Dist...

  This is a short summary of one of the articles from Webzine SILKROADIA VOL.4 NO.1. For more specialized information, please download our Webzine and read "China's Belt and Road Initiative Under Challenge to Overcome Conflicts" written by Alina Ivanova, a Masters of Science in Asian and International History from the London School of Economics, UK.   The count...

This is a short summary of one of the articles from Webzine SILKROADIA VOL.4 NO.1. For more specialized information, please download our Webzine and read "The 19th Century  Machete from  Madeira Island (a.k.a Braguinha)" written by Manuel Morais, a retired Associate Professor at the University of Évora, Portugal.   The first reference to the word Machete i...

  This is a short summary of one of the articles from Webzine SILKROADIA VOL.4 NO.1. For more specialized information, please download our Webzine and read "Paper Civilization by Region on the Silk Roads" written by USSUN-HUFS Research&Study Team.   The invention of paper in China hugely influenced the spread of the ability of reading and writing. For example, ...

 This is the summary of 'The Ghost of the Steppe: Saiga' from our Webzine SIILKROADIA VOL.4.NO.1. To find out more, please download the Webzine.  Saiga which has a movable proboscis nose ends with two large nostrils now is considered endangered. Now saiga lives on the steppes and semi-desert natural areas in a range covering several countries, including Kazakhstan, Rusia, ...

 This is the summary of the 'Maslentisa Festival, a Great Event to Celebrate' from our Webzine SIILKROADIA VOL.4.NO.1. To find out more, please download the Webzine.  "A nation's culture resides in the hearts and in the soul of its people;" that is what Mahatma Gandhi said concerning national identity. And today, we'll talk about a true pearl of Slavic na...

  This is the summary of 'Pepper: A Cherished Spice on the Silk Roads' from our Webzine SILKROADIA VOL. 4. NO.1. To find out more, please download the Webzine. We can find the pepper almost always on our table for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Pepper is the most expensive of the spices which were traded from the Silk Roads.  The origin of usin...