The new research could change history’s understanding of the sprawling trade network that connected Europe and ... really change the map of urban development in medieval Asia,” he says in ...

The authors say Tugunbulak was one of the largest cities in central Asia during the early-medieval period. LiDAR maps created highly ... to the Middle East and Europe. The trade routes also ...

The ancient Greek thinker Anaximander lent his prodigious talents to pre-Socratic Greek philosophy, geography, geometry, and cosmology.

The medieval cities are among the largest ever documented in the mountainous parts of the Silk Road, the vast network of ancient trade routes that connected Europe and Eastern Asia. Images and ...

“Think of these high-altitude cities as nodes in a network that moved power and trade through Asia and Europe,” says Frachetti ... in the 8th century. Lidar maps of surface-level ridges ...

the sprawling web of overland trade routes linking Europe and the Middle East to East Asia. "These cities were completely unknown. We are now working through historical sources to find possible ...

The maps have been cross analyzed with archeological findings from the two cities, providing clues about their importance as ...

and merchants in more than 500 cities in Southeast Asia has helped add more than 800,000 kilometers of missing roads to OpenStreetMap, the open-source mapping platform, according to Grab. Grab drivers ...

Discover the vibrant and diverse cities in Asia. Explore the rich history, traditions, and cuisines of this ancient land of ...

The Persian polymath Al-Biruni further enhanced this knowledge, mapping cities and exploring the very geology ... held in a fragile balance with the Marathas for many years. Southeast Asia on a ...

Whenever people think about a city that is both in Europe and in Asia, Istanbul comes to mind straight away. However, not many people know that there is another place in the world that shares the ...