Smithsonian Magazine on MSN1d
A New Study Finds That Domestic Cats Traveled the Silk Road to China About 1,400 Years AgoThe modern world’s pet cats are products of a long process of domestication and trade. It began some 10,000 years ago in ...
Live Science on MSN3d
Pet cats arrived in China via the Silk Road 1,400 years ago, ancient DNA study findsHow and when domestic cats arrived in China has been a mystery. A new analysis of cat DNA suggests traders and diplomats ...
History has handed Malaysia and Kazakhstan a second chance to walk the Silk Road—not as mere travelers, but as architects of ...
The project in Laos has been heavily criticized by opponents of the new Silk Road because of its financing. World Bank figures seem to corroborate this criticism. Laos’ public debt to economic ...
Khaleej Times on MSN8d
Transcontinental ‘silk road’ project gains tractionThe $20 billion India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEEC), also known as the 'New Silk Road,' is back on track after ...
After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and ensuing Western sanctions, landlocked Central Asian countries like Uzbekistan are trying to find alternative trade routes to access seaports and the world market ...
As The Voyage of the Silk Road crescendoed to its peak, those familiar with Chinese regional culture might have found themselves haunted by the image of the rugged expanse of Shaanxi province's ...
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 ...
Domestic cats first stepped paw in China more than a millennia ago, a new study has found. Their route in? Quite likely, the ...
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