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The Silk Road Episodes

  1. Episode Six

    6/6 In the final episode, Dr Sam Willis is in Istanbul - the ancient city of Byzantium.

  2. Episode Five

    5/6 In this episode Dr Sam Willis continues his journey to Iran.

  3. Episode Four

    4/6 Dr Sam Willis is in Bukhara where he finds out how goods were sent to markets in the west.

  4. Episode Three

    3/6 Dr Sam Willis travels west to Central Asia, a part of the Silk Road often overlooked.

  5. Episode Two

    2/6 Dr Sam Willis continues to retrace the steps of explorer Zhang Qian.

  6. Episode One

    1/6 Historian Dr Sam Willis travels the most famous trade route in history, the Silk Road.