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From the air views of the modern rifle to the fifteenth century CaravanSerai In Kyrgyzstan, Christopher Wilton SterirAmazing stunning photos take contemporary view of life along a series of 1500 -year -old trade. Unusual historical, cultural and archaeological phenomenon, Silk Road Connecting China in the east to Rome and the Mediterranean in the West.

It is about 4000 miles in its entirety and includes many links – which there are still some highways today – the network has been used to transport the valuable silk from China in the west while sending wool and precious metals in the east. Travelers also conveyed international news, religious beliefs, and diseases – most of them from black death in the fourteenth century – on the road.

Air image of the gun
Air view of the gun

in Silk Road: Live HistoryWilton Sterir is tracked from Italy from Italy to Himriya, and wanders in Iran, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, and India, before it continues in the scope of China.

Starting in London, the photographer traveled nearly 25,000 miles across Europe and Asia, and toured the visit of cities and cultural centers, mountains, deserts, remote societies and amazing architecture. It picks up a mosaic bishop like those in the Tash Holie Palace in Khiva, Uzbekistan, or the shrine of Fatima Masoum in people, Iran. The effects of medieval cities, such as Al -Ani in Türkiye, sit in a vast landscape.

“When we fly somewhere, we got to the destination and most of the different aspects of life,” said Wilton Sterir. “Traveling to the wilderness, I wanted to try the transformations between different cultures and gain a deeper understanding of what connects us.”

In our increasingly integrated world, trade is facilitated through complex shipping networks in the pan that is formed by modern technologies. However, the system is volatile, and the effects of the global epidemic, AccidentsOr definitions can be included in waves of disorder.

While China begins the largest infrastructure project in the world through Belt and Road InitiativeThe legacy of the Hariri Road is introducing and medium, as the endeavor aims to connect more than 60 percent of the world’s population.

Wilton-Steer is interested in exchanging contemporary life with ancient traditions, cultures and historical novels. Just as the Silk Road helped form European and Asian civilizations hundreds of years ago, the legitimacy of the road supports contemporary social, economic and cultural fields in the region.

Silk Road: Live History It will be released on May 20, and you can request your copy in Hemeria’s place. Wilton Sterir donates a balance of the book to the Aga Khan Foundation, which deals with the root causes of poverty and works to improve the quality of life in a number of countries along the silk and back road.

You can also enjoy the amazing pictures of Fatemeh Hosein Aghaei for historical Iranian mosques and palaces.

Historical stone ruins with a dome and a canal wall in the mountains
Tash Rabat
The spread of a book
A picture of a very elaborate Muslim shrine in Iran with many aspects and patterns
The roof details from the Fatima Massomier shrine, Qom
Blue -inverted shrine on a blue sky in a golden grass field
The oljaytu shrine, Soltaniyeh
A photo of a modern building in a large square against a blue sky, with great circular details on top
Entertainment Center, Ashjab
The spread of a book
A picture overlooking the detailed engineering ceiling of the mosque
Details from the Sheikh Lutfalla Mosque, Isfahan

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