[Sca-cooks] Silk Road timeframe, take 2
Terry Decker
t.d.decker at worldnet.att.net
Mon May 1 19:00:20 PDT 2006
Rather than try to answer your questions, permit me to give you a few online
references, so you may make your own determinations.
Bear
Main Caravan Routes and Information about Trade:
http://depts.washington.edu/uwch/silkroad/texts/weilue/appendices.html#a
http://depts.washington.edu/uwch/silkroad/texts/pegol.html (Pegolotti's
Merchant Handbook)
William of Rubruck (including the journey of John Pian of Carpini):
http://depts.washington.edu/uwch/silkroad/texts/rubruck.html
http://depts.washington.edu/uwch/silkroad/maps/rubruck.html
Ch'ang Ch'un:
http://depts.washington.edu/uwch/silkroad/texts/changchun.html
Fa Hsien:
http://depts.washington.edu/uwch/silkroad/texts/faxian.html
Benedict Goes:
http://depts.washington.edu/uwch/silkroad/texts/goes.html
Anthony Jenkinson:
http://depts.washington.edu/uwch/silkroad/texts/jenkinson/bukhara.html
Ruy Gonzales de Clavijo:
http://depts.washington.edu/uwch/silkroad/texts/clavijo/cltxt1.html
Hou Hanshu:
http://depts.washington.edu/uwch/silkroad/texts/hhshu/hou_han_shu.html
Xuanzang:
http://depts.washington.edu/uwch/silkroad/texts/xuanzang.html
Haidar:
http://depts.washington.edu/uwch/silkroad/texts/rash1.html
> OK, I thought I was clear in my request. But the response shows that I
> need to clarify.
>
> I need to know how long it took PEOPLE to travel from Constantinople to
> Samarkand, especially noting what time of year this was. That is: when
> did they leave Constantinople? How long/what time of year was it when
> they reached Samarkand? And then what time of year/how long for them to
> reach Beijing?
>
> Now will someone who has the references be so kind as to give me the
> answers, or the spiffy URL/ISBN?
>
> Thanx
> Morgana
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