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Around the World in 80 Treasures episode 6 - Uzbekistan to Syria

Around the World in 80 Treasures episode 6 – Uzbekistan to Syria

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Around the World in 80 Treasures episode 6 – Uzbekistan to Syria: Dan hits some of the most mysterious and secret countries in the world, where the weary western traveller cannot be sure of a warm welcome. Documentary series in which Dan Cruickshank travels the world in search of man’s greatest creations.     But he’s in for a surprise as he is accosted by young girls in Bukhara and Persian carpet sellers in Iran. He couldn’t be more welcome if he tried. Tile making in Samarkand, the extraordinary Trading Domes of Bukhara in Uzbekistan and the Fire Temple of […]

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The Silk Road episode 2

The Silk Road episode 2

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The Silk Road episode 2: In the second episode of his series tracing the story of the most famous trade route in history, Dr Sam Willis travels west to Central Asia, a part of the Silk Road often overlooked and yet the place of major innovations, big historical characters and a people – the Sogdians – whose role was pivotal to its success.     In the high mountain passes of Tajikistan, Sam meets the last survivors of that race, who once traded from the Mediterranean to the China Sea. In the Uzbek cities of Samarkand and Bukara, he discovers

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