21 Dec 2004

Interactive Silk Road Map Exercise
Silk Road Seattle Project, Walter Chapin Simpson Center for the Humanities, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Self-description: "This set of maps has been developed to assist learners in mastering basic geography of the Silk Road. The maps here include a variety of geographical names selected because of their importance. Obviously many other choices might have been made. The list is based on one that has been used for several years in a Silk Road survey course taught at the University of Washington. The maps have been designed by Lance Jenott in consultation with Daniel Waugh. [....]"
Site contents: [interactive maps of] * Regions; * Tarim Basin; * Modern Countries; * Cities of the Silk Road; *Water/Mountains (East Asia); * Water/Mountains (West Asia).
URL http://depts.washington.edu/uwch/silkroad/maps/mapquiz/mapquiz.html
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/depts.washington.edu/uwch/silkroad/maps/mapquiz/mapquiz.html
Link reported by: Paola E. Raffetta (paola_raffetta[use"@"]uolsinectis.com.ar), forwarded by estudios-orientales[use"@"]yahoogroups.com
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
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* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30