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Crossing the Taklamakan desert is demanding, and only once the Silk Road caravans made it could they say they truly arrived in China.

The Silk Road

Taklamakan, The Forbidden Oasis

A Uyghur family invites the guide into their home where they learn about their way of life and growing techniques.

China: Gobi

Alfred arrives in Uzbekistan, at the heart of the ancient Silk Road; he discovers Bukhara the beautiful, dream city for numerous travelers.

Uzbekistan: Bukhara

In the oasis of Kashan in central Iran, Alfred marvels at the famous pleasure gardens of Fin that cemented the Persians' renown.

Iran: Kashan, the Zoroastrian Fire Temple of Yazd

Alfred visits the ruins of Hassan-i Sabbah's fortress, home to a movement known as Hashshashins,drug smokers and killers who formed the origin of the modern word assassin.

Iran: Assassins, Emperors and Magi

The caravanserai at Aksaray is a perfect example of architecture of the Seljuq dynasty, the first empire in the region starting in the 10th century.

Turkey: Anatolia, the Caravans of Asia Minor

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