The Silk Road (2017)

Name: The Silk Road
Genre: Documentary
Rating: 8.4
Cast: Alfred de Montesquiou

Documentary

Alfred de Montesquiou, a war correspondent for the Associated Press news agency and a journalist for Paris Match – for which he has covered most of the Arab Spring revolutions – will be our knowledge broker along the Silk Road, the mythical network of trade routes that for centuries linked the Far East to the West. Follow in the footsteps of illustrious predecessors, from Alexander the Great to Marco Polo. Journey through time, encountering specialists, historians, or just everyday people with a passion who will help you grasp the past and present identities of those countries. From Bursa in Turkey to Xi’an in China, Alfred guides and accompanies you in this fresh and original way to discover History.

IMDb rating: 8.4 (95 votes)
Seasons: 1
Language: FR
Type: Mini-series

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Cast

Alfred de Montesquiou Host

Seasons

Season 1 (2017)

8.55 avg 15 episodes 7.8 → 8.6 25 min avg

Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Venice, Gateway to the Orient	7.8	13
2	Bosphorus, Astride Two Worlds	8.4	12
3	Anatolia, the Caravans of Asia Minor	8.6	11
4	Tabriz, Capital of Merchants	8.5	11
5	Iran: Assassins, Emperors and Magi	8.6	10
6	Yazd, The Zoroastrian Fire Temple	8.6	10
7	Bukhara, Light of Transoxiana	8.7	10
8	Samarkand, Pearl among cities	8.6	10
9	Fergana, A central Asian melting-pot	7.9	11
10	Kyrgyzstan, The Freedom of the Steppes	8.7	10
11	Kashgar, The gateway to the Middle Kingdom	8.8	11
12	Gobi, The Forbidden Oasis	8.8	11
13	Taklamakan, The Forbidden Oasis	8.8	11
14	Lanzhou, On the Yellow River	8.8	11
15	Xi'an, The Capital of the Sons of Heaven	8.6	12