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Skirting the edges of the harsh and inhospitable Taklimakan desert, the Silk Road actually had several different branches, each passing through different oases. All roads began in Changan (Xian). The northern route wound its way through places such as Turfan and Kuqa before finally ending at Kashgar. The southern route followed the lower fringes of the Taklimakan to eventually end up at the same destination. Numerous other routes were also plied throughout the ages, reaching all the way to Samarkand, Tashkent, India, and the Caspian Sea.
絲綢之路其實(shí)有數(shù)條支線,它們分別沿著環(huán)境惡劣、不適合人類居住的塔克拉瑪干沙漠外緣,穿越不同的綠洲。所有的路線都是始于長(zhǎng)安(西安):北線蜿蜒經(jīng)過(guò)了吐魯番、庫(kù)車,最后到達(dá)喀什格爾南線沿著塔克拉瑪干下緣前行,到達(dá)同一終點(diǎn)。其它的許多支線也是歷代都通行的,通往撒瑪爾罕、塔什干、印度, 及里海等地。
(短文節(jié)選,本篇始于:長(zhǎng)相“絲”守)