Cross posted: Not sure if anyone else saw this article from last October from the Guardian. The Silk Road still casts a spell, but was the ancient trading route just a western invention? The article details a recent book by a Scottish historian who emphasizes the importance of India on this trade "route". He posits that the idea of a Silk Road trading route is mostly a western invention that did not make the popular lexicon until 1932. While it did not blow up my entire teaching of the topic, it did raise some new ideas for me.
