Cities along the Silk Road
This articles lists cities located along the Silk Road. The Silk Road was a network of ancient trade routes which connected Europe with the Far East, spanning from the Mediterranean Sea to the Korean Peninsula and Japan. The Silk Road's eastern end is in present-day China, and its main western end is Antioch. The Silk Road started about the time of the Han Dynasty, when Emperor Wu was ruling. Along the terrestrial/land Silk Roads. Major cities, broadly from the eastern Mediterranean to South Asia, and arranged roughly west to east in each  area by modern-day country The Silk Roads across the Middle East and Western Asia. "Turkey" "Azerbaijan" "Georgia" "Armenia" "Lebanon" "Syria" "Iraq" "Iran" Central Asia. "Turkmenistan" "Uzbekistan" "Tajikistan" "Kazakhstan" "Kyrgyzstan" Southern Routes and South Asia. "Afghanistan" "Pakistan" "India" "Nepal" "Bangladesh" "Bhutan" The eastern routes. "Korea" "Japan" Along the Indian Ocean trade routes. "Pakistan" "China" "Korea" "Bangladesh" "Sri Lanka" "India" "Ukraine" Sudak, Ukraine "Russia" "Oman" "Yemen" "Somalia" "Egypt" "Turkey" "Italy" List of Ptolemy. This following list is attributed to Ptolemy. All city names are Ptolemy's, throughout all his works. Most of the names are included in "Geographia". Some of the  cities provided by Ptolemy either: no longer exist today or have moved to different locations. Nevertheless, Ptolemy has provided an important historical reference for researchers.