The Silk Road influenced the great civilizations of China, India, Ancient Egypt, Persia, Arabia, and Ancient Rome. The Silk Road was filmed by award-winning filmmaker Marlin Darrah, and crew. In 1271 Marco Polo left Venice, Italy on a journey of 4,000 miles to China. His book, The Travels of Marco Polo, opened the trade route to greater traffic as cultures, ideas, and goods from the West and East were exchanged and great fortunes were made on the Silk Road. China traded silk, teas, and porcelain. India traded spices, ivory, textiles, precious stones, and pepper. The Roman Empire exported gold, silver, fine glassware, wine, carpets, and jewels. This program travels through five countries and thirty cities bridging the Far East with Europe. Visit these exotic lands and learn about their cultures, modern traditions, and histories.
R**Y
Buy only if only if you're a tourist.
This dvd is designed for tourists. It takes the viewer on a trip through the key cities along the Silk Road. It's very modern. It shows the cities the way they look today and covers what every tourist would want to know when taking a trip from China to Turkey. If you're looking for a "where to stop on your next tourist trip" dvd, this one will serve you well. It makes use of maps to show you where each city and mountain pass is located, which is nice. Where this dvd fails is in its modern approach. There is only a small portion of historical landscape in this presentation. You spend a lot of time on buses and planes watching people take pictures and stare out windows. He speaks on and on sharing tourist level information, nothing too detailed or analytical. If you want a vacation planner dvd, this is a good buy for you. If you want something more historical and more deeply interesting, this purchase will just let you down.
A**K
TOO MUCH TURKEY
Good views of mountain areas and most of countryside.Part One OK but Part Two turns into a long travelogue for Turkey - OK if you wanna be a tourist. Shows much that narration ignores.Too much mosque coverage.Does not show significant impact of Silk Road very well for ANY of the places visited.Could be much, much better.
D**R
Poorly Focused
I would like to give it a better review but the video seems to lack focus on anything shown as well as an overall focus. Everything is rushed. Poorly done in my opinion.
J**S
TRAVELING VIRACIOUSLY THROUGH COUNTRIED I WILL NEVER EXPERIENCE DUE TO COVID 19.
INFORMATIVE TRAVEL GUIDE, NOT TOO FUNNY, BUT WELL PREPARED.
R**O
This is the same as the other one just reviewed ...
This is the same as the other one just reviewed. It is the exact duplicate of the other and just new packaging. I made a mistake in buying the two.
M**S
Fascinating tour of the ancient Silk Road
My church group is planning a large party with a Marco Polo/Silk Road theme so I picked up this video. It is very interesting and loaded with exciting cultural information that has helped with our party details.
M**T
let the kids watch it too
I like history films. Very interesting if your looking for something other then boring. This is a good one not just for adults but also for children of school age. It'll give them something to tell their teacher and class mates other then the latest mind bending video games that are senseless.
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The Silk Road
The shipment and delivery was great. Just as promised. However the actual movie was a great disappointment. It had little educational content and was more a vacation video than a historical document. I truly felt I had wondered into someone vacation film shot by an old movie camera. This is one DVD I will certainly toss.
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