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British Museum Special: The Silk Roads
South Asia Through The Ages: The Sir Joseph Hotung Gallery
12m
British Museum curator Richard Blurton provides History Hit viewers a tour of some of the remarkable artefacts that make up the South Asian exhibition, on display at the Sir Joseph Hotung Gallery.
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The Silk Roads: Changing Perspectives
Professor Michael Scott talks about the changing perceptions of goods and peoples on the early Silk Road.
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The Silk Roads: Trade and Movement
British Museum Curator St John Simpson talks about the Sasanian empire, the Silk Road and new archaeological evidence for trade and movement across the frontiers of Late Antiquity.
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The Silk Roads: Ideas and Religion
Frances Wood, SOAS Research Associate gives a talk on the importance of the Silk Roads in the movement of ideas and religions across Central Asia, from Buddhism to Nestorian Christianity.
