Cities along the Silk Road
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Along the continental Silk Road
From Istanbul, Turkey to Yazd, Iran:
- Constantinople (now Istanbul), Turkey
- Bursa, Turkey
- Beypazarı, Turkey
- Antioch, Turkey
- Konya, Turkey
- Adana, Turkey
- Aleppo, Syria
- following the river Euphrates until Fallujah
- Damascus, Syria
- Ramadi, Iraq
- Fallujah, Iraq
- Abu Ghraib, Iraq
- Baghdad, Iraq
- Baquba, Iraq
- Kermanshah, Iran
- Hamadan, Iran
- Ray, Iran
- Tehran, Iran
- Hecatompylos (was probably located near Damghan), Iran
- Sabzevar, Iran
- Neyshabur, Iran
- Yazd, Iran
From Yazd, Iran to Turpan, China (See below: northern route along the Taklamakan desert):
- Merv, Turkmenistan
- Urgench, Turkmenistan
- Bukhara, Uzbekistan
- Samarkand, Uzbekistan
- Khujand, Tajikistan
- Istaravshan, Tajikistan
- Shahrisabz, Uzbekistan
- Hazrat-e Turkestan, Kazakhstan
- Ürümqi, China Missing image
Urgench.jpgRuins of Muhammad II's palace in Old Urgench.
From Yazd, Iran to Kashi, China:
- Herat, Afghanistan
- Bamyan, Afghanistan
- the famous Buddhas of Bamyan destroyed by the Taliban in 2001
- Kabul, Afghanistan
- Peshawar, Pakistan
- Ahmedabad, India
- Mumbai, India
- Kashi (or Kashgar), China
From Kabul, Afghanistan to Arabian Sea port at Debal, Pakistan
- Kabul, Afghanistan
- Peshawar, Pakistan
- Taxila, Pakistan
- Multan, Pakistan
- Debal, Pakistan
- Damascus, Syria
- Muscat
- Aden
The northern route along the Taklamakan Desert from Kashi, China to Anxi, China:
- Li Jien. An ancient, possibly Roman settlement.
- Aksu, China
- Kuqa or Kucha, China
- Korla, China
- Jiaohe, China
- Loulan, China
- Turpan or Turfan, China
- Gaochang
- Kumul/Hami, China Missing image
View_of_the_Mosque_of_Hazrat_in_the_town_of_Turkestan.JPG
The southern route along the Taklamakan desert from Kashi, China to Anxi, China:
From Anxi, China to Xi'an, China:
- Anxi, China
- Yumen, China
- Zhangye, China
- Wuwei, China
- Lanzhou, China
- Xi'an (ancient name is Chang'an), China
Korea
Japan
Along the Silk Road of the sea
- Debal, Pakistan
- Ningbo, China
- Quanzhou, China
- Guangzhou, China
- Ulsan, Korea
- Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Poompuhar, Tamilnadu, India
- Korkai, Tamilnadu, India
- Musiri, Kerala, India
- Goa, India
- Mumbai, India
- Cochin, India
- Masulipatnam, India
- Lothal, India
- Astrakhan, Russia
- Derbent, Russia
- Muscat, Oman
- Aden, Yemen
- Suez, Egypt
- Ayas, Turkey
- Venice, Italy
- Rome, Italy
On Southeast Asia
- Kedah (Early history of Kedah)
- Langkasuka
- Ligor
- Chi Tu
- Gangga Nagara
- Malacca
- Pan Pan
- Funan
- Muziris, India
- Vijaya of Champa, India
- Chenla, India
- Khmer / Kambuja
- Hoi An
- Srivijaya, Indonesia
- Pasai, Indonesia
- Perlak, Indonesia
- Hanoi
List of Ptolemy
This following list is attributed to Ptolemy. All city names are Ptolemy's, throughout all his works. Most of the names are included in Geographia.
Some of the cities provided by Ptolemy either
- no longer exist today or
- have moved to different locations.
Nevertheless, Ptolemy has provided an important historical reference for researchers.
(This list has been alphabetized.)
- Africa -
- East - Akhmim, Aromaton Emporion, Axum, Coloe, Dongola, Juba, Maji, Opone, Panopolis, Sarapion, Sennar.
- North - Caesarea, Carthage, Cyrene, Leptis Magna, Murzuk, Sijilmassa, Tamanrasset, Tingis.
- India - Argaru, Astakapra, Bacare, Balita, Barake, Barbaricum, Byzantion, Colchi, Erannoboas, Horaia, Kalliena, Mandagora, Melizeigara, Muziris,korkai,Poompuhar,Naura, Nelcynda, Paethana, Palaepatmae, Palaesimundu, Poduca, Semylla, Sopatma, Suppara, Tagara, Tymdis.
- Red Sea - Adulis, Aualites, Berenica, Malao, Muza, Myos Hormos, Ocalis, Ptolemais Theron.