The Ancients - Origins of the Silk Road

The Ancients is a podcast for all ancient history fans and is dedicated to discussing our distant past. Featuring interviews with historians and archaeologists, each episode covers a specific theme from antiquity. 

The Silk Road was a pivotal ancient exchange network that connected the grassy steppes of Asia and the Middle East with the western world. The passage of goods, ideas and technologies along this bustling commercial artery was crucial to the development of the ancient East and West. But what were the origins of this first global exchange network?

In the episode, broadcast on 4 May, Miljana Radivojevic and presenter Tristan Hughes discussed how people living in Bronze Age Central Asia helped build the world’s first and most famous trading route.

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