The Silk Road

Dr Sam Willis reveals how the Silk Road was the world's first global superhighway where people with new ideas, new cultures and new religions made exchanges that shaped humanity.

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Status	Returning Series
Original Name	The Silk Road
First Air Date	May 1, 2016
Last Air Date	May 15, 2016
Seasons	1
Episodes	3
Episode Runtime	0min
Language	English
Original Language	English
Production Countries	United Kingdom
Production Companies	RAW
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S01E03

Iran

In the final episode of his series tracing the story of the most famous trade route in history, Dr Sam Willis continues his journey west in Iran. The first BBC documentary team to be granted entry for nearly a decade, Sam begins in the legendary city of Persepolis - heart of the first Persian Empire. Following an ancient caravan route through Persia's deserts, he visits a Zoroastrian temple where a holy fire has burned for 1,500 years, and Esfahan, one of the Silk Road's architectural jewels and rival to Sam's next destination - Istanbul. In the ancient capital of ...

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