The collection of maps is a compilation of handwritten and lithographic maps which show the geographical plateau of Iran as a major part of the historical Silk Roads as well as the interface of the North-South corridor. The collection is a significant research document, providing an authentic source for studying the demographic, natural, historical and cultural geography of different West-Asian regions. 

The Silk Road has had a unique role in foreign trade and political relations leaving its mark on the development of civilisations on both sides of the continent. We can speak of a cross-fertilization of ideas, technologies and cultures that led to mutually beneficial developments on the cultural, social and economic levels for the peoples concerned.

Contrary to common the thesis, G. Sultonova argues that  in the 16^th and early 17^th centuries trade relations between Bukhara and Yarkend khanates did not lose their importance despite long periods of political instability in the region. It was the stabilization of political situation in both states that increasingly consolidated these relations. In turn, this process contributed to the development of trade relations not only within the limits of the Central Asian region but also between the countries of the East and West.

The migrations typical for in the Central Asia in the 2 century B.C first ever put in the forefront authentic Turkic-speaking peoples. The origination of Turkic peoples in the history is not attributable to the name or the people of Turk that appeared in the south, near the Great Wall of China in the 5 century A.D. One should therefore not derive ethnic and cultural history of all ancient, medieval and contemporary peoples speaking languages of the Turkic group from this people only.

Turkmenistan’s ceramics industry has increasingly developed during the Neolithic, Eneolithic, and Bronze ages. In the Neolithic ages primitive kinds of pottery images and ornaments emerged. These pottery technics were further developed during the Eneolithic ages and became even more complex in the Bronze Age. Situated both at the heart of the Silk Road and regions of ancient South Turkmenistan did not only conserve its original culture but also enriched itself due to cultural influences and exchanges from surrounding regions.

Governor-generals of Abbasid Egypt that were natives of the Central Asia, played an important role not only in the military and political-administrative spheres but also left their appreciable imprint on the cultural life of the region. These influences are obvious especially in architectural masterpieces, such as mosque of Ibn Tulun, civil buildings, engineering and artistic patterns that brought fame and glory to Egypt.

Orgins of Bozok site in Kazakhstan goes back to the period of Turkic khaganates. The Bozok site is a cult center of early medieval era unify such as other cult-memorial complexes of the eastern and western outskirts of Eurasian steppes. Bozok is a manifestation of the initial period of the development of the Eurasian expanse by Turkic-speaking nomads.

Coins from contiguous states came into the Central Asian and Eastern Chinese Turkestan regions alongside the Silk Road together with diplomatic missions and trade caravans.  These coinage locations, issuers’ identification and the date of emission provide crucial information for concerning the history of the Silk Road in regions of modern Kyrgyzstan.

In 2008, stone bases of different sizes, pilasters manufactured of limestone in Greek-Bactrian architectural style, and a stone mock-up of chartak were discovered during the course of archaeological prospecting in Parhar region of Tajikistan. Archaeological findings in this region indicate that a Zoroastrian fire temple must have towered above an underlying village.