The £13 billion project aims to redefine this country's position in global trade and create the new "Suez Canal".

Iraq wants to open up ancient trade routes to create a new "Silk Road" of highways, railways and ports linking the Gulf to Europe to rival the Suez Canal as a trade route. The country is planning ...

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Renowned for their sense of commerce and diplomacy along the Silk Road from antiquity to the High Middle Ages, the Sogdians became the most successful merchants of the era. They fostered relations ...

Scientists have gained new insight into the Silk Road through the discovery of two abandoned cities. Located in southeastern Uzbekistan, the cities were likely large urban centers that now point ...