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The Silk Road

★ 8.0 2017 1 Season

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.

Documentary
Episode 1

Episode 1

Italy: Venice

Episode 2

Episode 2

Turkey: Bosphorus

Episode 3

Episode 3

Turkey: Anatolia, The Caravans of Asia Minor

Episode 4

Episode 4

Iran: Tabriz, Capital of Merchants

Episode 5

Episode 5

Iran: Assassins, Emperors and Ma

Episode 6

Episode 6

Iran: Kashan and the Zoroastrian Fire Temple of Yazd

Episode 7

Episode 7

Uzbekistan: Bukhara

Episode 8

Episode 8

Uzbekistan: Samarkand

Episode 9

Episode 9

Uzbekistan: Tachkent

Episode 10

Episode 10

Kyrgystan

Episode 11

Episode 11

China: Kashgar

Episode 12

Episode 12

China: Gobi

Episode 13

Episode 13

China: Dunhuang

Episode 14

Episode 14

China: Lanzhou

Episode 15

Episode 15

China: Xian

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