The Silk Road was an ancient trade route linking China to the Mediterranean Sea.

丝绸之路是连接中国和地中海的一条古贸易通道。

The Silk Road was not just the route through which goods were carried.

丝绸之路不仅仅是运送货物的通道。

Many mummies have been found in the Silk Road.

在丝绸之路发现了许多木乃伊。

Although it's called the Silk Road, people traded much more than silk.

尽管名字叫丝绸之路，人们进行贸易的商品却不仅仅是丝绸。

His travels took him across Asia, along the Silk Road and throughout China.

他的旅程横穿亚洲，沿着丝绸之路，游遍整个中国。

In a curious symmetry, this is also the length of the Silk Road.

这也相当于丝路的长度， 形成一个奇妙的对称。

He sees huge growth potential of the tourism market along the silk road.

他表示，丝绸之路沿线的旅游市场有着巨大的发展空间。

We have formed a marketing alliance to promote tourist programs on the silk road.

创办旅游合作机制来推广丝绸之路旅游项目。

(Voice-over): The trading route known as the Silk Road started around this time.

(画外音)：被称为丝绸之路的贸易路线大约在这个时候开始。

Some people considered it either the end or the starting point of the Silk Road.

有些人认为西安是丝绸之路的终点或起点。

Caravanserais served as an informal meeting point for the various people who travelled the Silk Road.

商队旅馆是丝绸之路上出行的各类人群的非正式集合点。

For centuries, the Silk Road was the most important line of communication connecting East and West.

几个世纪以来，丝绸之路是东西方交流的最重要的线路。

It's on the edge of the desert, and was an important place on the Silk Road.

它在沙漠的边缘，也是丝绸之路上一个重要的地方。

Perhaps from analyzing skeletons—or various other kinds of remains—to be found along the Silk Road.

也许可以分析在丝绸之路上发现的骨骼或是其他类型的遗留物。

Maybe the rebuilding of the Silk Road would increase the trade balance, but that's not the question.

也许重建丝绸之路会促进贸易平衡，但这不是问题所在。

One theory puts the birthplace of the dumpling along the Silk Road, linking China with Central Asia, and Turkey.

有一种理论认为饺子的发源地是丝绸之路，连接中国、中亚和土耳其。

Medieval trade along the Silk Road carried the game to East and Southeast Asia, where many local variants developed.

沿丝绸之路，中世纪贸易将国际象棋带到了东亚和东南亚，并衍生了许多本地版本。

Silk was a highly desirable fabric and trading of silk happened along a route known as the Silk Road.

丝绸是一种非常受欢迎的织物，丝绸贸易沿着一条被称为丝绸之路的路线进行。

Both Xuan Zang and Marco Polo left detailed records of their journeys along the Silk Road.

玄奘和马可·波罗都留下了他们丝绸之路之旅的详尽记录。

Around 600 years later, one of Europe's famous travellers, Marco Polo, entered China along the Silk Road.

大约600年后，欧洲著名的旅行者之一马可·波罗，沿着丝绸之路来到中国。