Jalur Sutra

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**Jalur Sutra** (Hanzi tradhisional: 絲綢之路; Hanzi sing Diprasajakaké: 丝绸之路; pinyin: sī chóu zhī lù, basa Pèrsi راه ابریشم *Râh-e Abrisham*) iku jalur urutan liwat Asia Kidul sing diliwati déning karavan lan kapal laut, lan nggandhèngaké Chang'an, Tiongkok, karo Antiokia, Suriah, lan uga papan liyané. Pangaruhé kagawa tekan Koréa lan Jepang.

Silih genti iki wigati banget ora mung kanggo pangembangan kabudayan Tiongkok, India lan Roma nanging uga wujud dhasar saka donya modhèren. Istilah 'jalur sutra' sepisanan dipigunaaké déning géografer Jerman Ferdinand von Richthofen ing abad kaping 19.

Jalur Sutra bawana mérang dadi jalur lor lan kidul mangkono jalur mau mawiyar saka pusat perdagangan Tiongkok Lor lan Tiongkok Kidul, rute lor ngliwati Bulgar-Kypchak nuju Éropah Wétan lan Ujung Crimea, lan saka kana nuju Laut Ireng, Laut Marmara, lan Balkan nuju Venezia; rute kidul ngliwati Turkestan-Khorasan nuju Mesopotamia lan Anatolia, lan banjur nuju Antiokia ing Kidul Anatolia nuju Laut Tengah utawa liwat Levant nuju Mesir lan Afrika Lor.

Hubungan dalan ril sing ilang ing Jalur Sutra dirampungaké taun 1992, nalika dalan ril internasional Almaty - Urumqi dibukak.

## Pirsanana uga 
* Pratélan kutha ing sadawané Jalur Sutra
* Kashgar, Khotan, Yarkand
* Sutra
* Ulat sutra

## Pranala njaba 
* Peta rute-ture pelayaran antara 25 dan 220 M: *Eurasian Trade Routes at the Time of the Eastern Han Dynasty* 
* Pameran British Library Silk Road , dengan versi digital *The Diamond Sutra*, buku tercetak tertua di donya.
* China National Tourist Office 
* Cities Along the Silk Road (University of Washington)
* *"The changing Northern Areas", *Dawn*
* Dr. Oliver Wild 
* International Dunhuang Project 
* Old World Traditional Trade Routes (OWTRAD) 
* Silkroad Foundation
* Silk Road Project 
* Silk Road Seattle

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