Silk Road
The Overlands
Writing: Β© Jennifer McBride 2025 (Paperfly)
Photo: Tim P Whitby, 2024. The worldβs earliest-known chess pieces, from Samarkand and dated to c. 700 AD. On display at the British Museum.
Header image: by Willem Blaeu, 1640
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Gorgeous and richly written, love this : )
I love the stories of the Silk Road and this captures them so well. Thanks for sharing.