The New Silk Road and the Communication between the Middle East and China
The New Silk Road and the Communication between the Middle East and Chin

Summary/Abstract: The term “Silk Road” is used in two senses – literal and metaphorical. At the time of the original sense of this term the Arab world was a centre of global trade. Later, however, the centre of global commerce shifted gradually westwards, driven by the disasters and calamities that affl icted the Arab world. Much later, however, the fortunes of the world trade began to revive, particularly starting from the Far East to the Arabian/Persian Gulf and the Red Sea. Some economists today are talking about “a revival of the Silk Road” – in its literal rather than metaphorical sense. Today the economic focus on the Silk Road has never been stronger. This article stresses that the new Silk Road also has a cultural side and discusses numerous ways of its refl ection.

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