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Silk is a British television drama series produced by the BBC and first shown in 2011. Written by Peter Moffat, the series follows a set of barristers, and what they do to attain the rank of Queen's Counsel, known as "taking silk."
SILK is a supernatural epic that spans centuries as we follow the lives of those infected by the WYRM - an evolutionary anomaly that bestows its hosts with certain abilities that seem to keep death at arms length.
Phu Pha believes Prai Mai caused his brother to commit suicide and plans to get revenge.
The ancient Silk Road, the trade center of the world, once ran through Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Pakistan. Ruben Terlou and Jelle Brandt Corstius explore the area in which the world has renewed interest due to its strategic location and enormous energy reserves.
Silk Stalkings is a crime drama television series. The series portrays the daily lives of two detectives who solve sexually-based crimes of passion among the ultra-rich of Palm Beach, Florida.
Tong Zhi Yuan's father in prison, her mother died, she was reduced to this pure and harmless Cinderella. She then marries a wealthy Thai man.
The story is about the two Yong brothers. The brothers are the best cloth traders of Phra Nakhon city. Nott has to travel to the Mien tribe in order to get the best silk worm for their cloth trade. He ends up finding love with Xa Sia and they return to live together in Phra Nakhon. When she comes to live with the Yong family, she sees the world full of jealousy and envy and competes for a way to deal with the cruel world.
In the Silk Kingdom, fate takes a dark turn on the birth of King Noor Al-Din’s second son when the treacherous Golden Uncle kills the king and hunts his heirs. Loyal servant Radwan flees with princes Shams Al-Din and Jalal Al-Din, but they are separated. Shams grows up as a slave soldier, while Jalal survives among outlaws. When they reunite, loyalty and betrayal collide in a battle for power.
Alfred de Montesquiou, a war correspondent for the Associated Press news agency and a journalist for Paris Match – for which he has covered most of the Arab Spring revolutions – will be our knowledge broker along the Silk Road, the mythical network of trade routes that for centuries linked the Far East to the West. Follow in the footsteps of illustrious predecessors, from Alexander the Great to Marco Polo.
Journey through time, encountering specialists, historians, or just everyday people with a passion who will help you grasp the past and present identities of those countries. From Bursa in Turkey to Xi’an in China, Alfred guides and accompanies you in this fresh and original way to discover History.
In the year 1892, late Qing Dynasty archaeologist Mu Wen Shan was hunted down by two unknown forces while searching for an ancient map which revealed hidden treasures and rich resources. In order to protect his friend's son, Yang Xu, Mu Wen Shan and his wife sacrificed the lives of themselves and their youngest son, Mu Tian Shu. Twenty years later, under the name of his late friend Mu Tian Shu, Yang Xu returned to the Western Regions to investigate the death of the Mu family.
The Silk Road, a road full of legends, has made many contributions to the progress of human civilization and created a group of Silk Road figures who overcame numerous difficulties and obstacles with courage and perseverance, and have been passed down through the ages. Their goals may not be the same, envoys for peace, soldiers for war, monks for truth, merchants for profit, but they all have to go through the test of long journeys to achieve their goals. It is because of their perseverance that they can leave behind stories that have been passed down through the ages, and that the Silk Road, which has declined, is still desirable and fascinating today.