translate English to French: In former times the Great Silk Way connecting Europe and Asia, favour the development and prosperity of region of the Central Asia, and in particular, Samarkand, Bukhara, Khiva and Shash (modern Tashkent), east cities which have kept up to now unique colour with their squares, caravan-sarais and medieval monuments of Islamic architecture.
La Route de la Soie est une expression générique ; elle rassemble un ensemble d’axes caravaniers qui traversaient l’Europe et l’Asie, allant de la Méditerranée jusqu’à la Chine en traversant l’Asie Centrale.