SLAVERY AND THE SILK ROAD

Susan Whitfield is Professor in Silk Road Studies at the University of East Anglia and Honorary Associate Professor at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London. She is a former curator at the British Library and the author of several books, including Silk, Slaves and Stupas: Material Culture of the Silk Road (University of California Press, 2018).

When it comes to the history of the Silk Road, a lot of emphasis is placed on what was traded to the West from China. But what lucrative goods were traded to China?

The list is long because elites in the kingdoms