Silk Road Thursdays because the Silk Road was the most powerful display of cultural interaction between Africa and Asia. Both cultures were present in each other spaces through the exchanges of commerce, culture, religion, arts, theology, food, technologies, sciences, textiles and so much more!  The cultural diplomacy between the two occurred via land and sea routes connecting both civilizations for thousands of years.

The countries of South Korea, Japan and China have practiced varieties of Soft Power with Africa for quite some time now.

This cloud map is a nod to just about everything that made up the Silk Road. However my focus will be on the big three and as always I will touch on any interesting practices, I observe by Southeast Asia or even Central Asia.
 

Caravanserais were extremely popular for travelers along the silk route, they were inns found in desert regions.