Season 2 · about 1370

The roads a century on

Season 2 has its own map. A pale dashed dot is a city whose film is planned; it becomes a link when the film is released. Tap a city to read more. Gold lines are the caravan roads; blue are the sea lanes.

Map of the overland and maritime Silk Roads around 1370Overland routes from Beijing through Samarkand to Delhi and Damascus, the Black Sea ports of Tana and Caffa, the road through Korea from Wihwado to Hanyang, and the sea lanes from Quanzhou through Calicut to Hormuz, with Persian cobalt and Jingdezhen porcelain.TanaCaffaDamascusDelhiCalicutCheongjuWihwadoGaegyeongHanyangSamarkandJingdezhenKashan (cobalt)
Tap a city on the map.
All cities on the map
  • Tana (Azov, Russia): Film planned
  • Caffa (Feodosia, Crimea): Film planned
  • Damascus (Damascus, Syria): Film planned
  • Delhi (Delhi, India): Film planned
  • Calicut (Kozhikode, India): Film planned
  • Cheongju (Cheongju, South Korea): Film planned
  • Wihwado (Wihwa Island, near Sinuiju, North Korea): Film planned
  • Gaegyeong (Kaesong, North Korea): Film planned
  • Hanyang (Seoul, South Korea): Film planned
  • Samarkand (Samarkand, Uzbekistan): Film planned
  • Jingdezhen (Jingdezhen, China): Film planned
  • Kashan (cobalt) (Kashan, Iran): Film planned