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Greece

Based on some resources, much of the Silk Road and the surrounding regions opened for the first time to the western world by Alexander while the silk production itself flourished by the Byzantine times in Greece.

Located on the edge of the eastern world, Greece played a major role in the commerce of the valuable textile and other merchandises through the maritime silk roads.

Greece then became a Silk Road production center and the traditional Silk production industry lasted in some Greek cities up to the 19^th century while the Silk production is still continues in some northeastern regions of the country and providing a gossamer link with the past.

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Intangible Cultural Heritage

Title Sort descending	Themes	Country
Mediterranean diet		Greece

Knowledge Bank Articles

Title Sort descending	Authors	Language of article
Alexander and his Successors in Central Asia	A. H. Dani and P. Bernard	English
Artifacts and Documentary References Connecting the Myanmar Area With Western and Central Asia and China Proper, From the 4th Century B.C. to the 13th Century A.D.	Mrs. Virginia M. Di Crocco	English
Controlling the Silk Route	Paul Strathern	English
European Images of the East	Struan Reid	English
Expanding Empires, Expanding Trade	Struan Reid	English
Languages and Scripts in Graeco-Bactria and the Saka kingdoms	J.Harmatta	English
Precious Goods to Buy	Struan Reid	English
Roman contacts with Tamilnadu (South Eastern India) – recent findings	K.V. Raman	English
The Culture of Trade	Struan Reid	English
The Greek Kingdoms of Central Asia	P. Bernard	English