"Information highway" is a modern term that denotes the transfer of information. The Silk Road of the 1st-8th century AD was just such a road in ancient times. Goods and coins traveled its route as well as other items. In the image filled presentation you will see and learn:

* the first traveler along the road and who sent him

* conditions along the way * why silk became so popular that provoked commerce

* examples of coinage found along the way including Sassanian, Byzantine, and Chinese

* different routes that all ended up in China

* influence of the Buddha

* what brought the demise of the Silk Road

Speaker(s): Prudence Fitts.

This content is available on Internet Archive at https://archive.org/details/ANA05002CoinageAndCommerce.