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Imagine a caravan of merchants and camels slogging hundreds of miles across the desert and steppe. They’ve taken great risk hauling expensive goods like …

Samarkand. Pearl of the East. City of Famous Shadows. Like Timbuktu and Kathmandu, the name Samarkand evokes a sense of grandeur and danger, of gold-laden …

“To follow the Silk Road is to follow a ghost. It flows through the heart of Asia but it has officially vanished, leaving behind …

After nine years, countless drafts, and much weeping and gnashing of teeth, I’ve finished writing the first book in the Silk Road series. It’s …

Welcome to the blog of Anna C. Snyder. My dog just threw up on my carpet so I’ll make this quick. Whenever I sit …