This articles lists cities located along the Silk Road. The Silk Road was a network of ancient trade routes which connected Europe with China, spanning from the Mediterranean Sea to the Korean Peninsula and Japan. The Silk Road's eastern end is in present-day China, and its main western end is Antioch. The Silk Road started about the time of the Han dynasty, when Emperor Wu was ruling.

Along the terrestrial/land Silk Roads

Major cities, broadly from the eastern Mediterranean to South Asia, and arranged roughly west to east in each area by modern-day country

The Silk Roads across the Middle East and Western Asia

Turkey Azerbaijan Georgia Armenia Lebanon Syria Iraq Iran

Central Asia

Turkmenistan Uzbekistan Tajikistan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan

Southern Routes and South Asia

Afghanistan Pakistan India Nepal Bangladesh Bhutan

China: The northern route along the Taklamakan Desert

China: The southern route along the Taklamakan Desert

China: From Anxi/Dunhuang to Chang'an (Xi'an)

Along the Indian Ocean trade routes

Pakistan China Bangladesh Sri Lanka India Ukraine Sudak, Ukraine Russia Oman Yemen Somalia Egypt Turkey Italy

In Southeast Asia

Indonesia Malaysia Philippines Thailand Vietnam

List of Ptolemy

This following list is attributed to Ptolemy. All city names are Ptolemy's, throughout all his works. Most of the names are included in Geographia. Some of the cities provided by Ptolemy either: no longer exist today or have moved to different locations. Nevertheless, Ptolemy has provided an important historical reference for researchers. (This list has been alphabetized.)