The Silk Road(2017)
Overview
Alfred de Montesquiou, a war correspondent for the Associated Press news agency and a journalist for Paris Match – for which he has covered most of the Arab Spring revolutions – will be our knowledge broker along the Silk Road, the mythical network of trade routes that for centuries linked the Far East to the West. Follow in the footsteps of illustrious predecessors, from Alexander the Great to Marco Polo. Journey through time, encountering specialists, historians, or just everyday people with a passion who will help you grasp the past and present identities of those countries. From Bursa in Turkey to Xi’an in China, Alfred guides and accompanies you in this fresh and original way to discover History.
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15 episodes • 2017Avg: 7.8Golden Era
Season 1
15 episodes • 2017Avg: 7.8Golden Era
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy: Venice | Jan 10, 2017 | 7.0 |
| 2 | Turkey: Bosphorus | Jan 17, 2017 | 8.0 |
| 3 | Turkey: Anatolia, The Caravans of Asia Minor | Jan 24, 2017 | 8.0 |
| 4 | Iran: Tabriz, Capital of Merchants | Jan 31, 2017 | 8.0 |
| 5 | Iran: Assassins, Emperors and Ma | Feb 7, 2017 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Iran: Kashan and the Zoroastrian Fire Temple of Yazd | Feb 14, 2017 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Uzbekistan: Bukhara | Feb 21, 2017 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Uzbekistan: Samarkand | Feb 28, 2017 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Uzbekistan: Tachkent | Mar 7, 2017 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Kyrgystan | Mar 14, 2017 | 0.0 |
| 11 | China: Kashgar | Mar 21, 2017 | 0.0 |
| 12 | China: Gobi | Mar 28, 2017 | 0.0 |
| 13 | China: Dunhuang | Apr 4, 2017 | 0.0 |
| 14 | China: Lanzhou | Apr 11, 2017 | 0.0 |
| 15 | China: Xian | Apr 18, 2017 | 0.0 |
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