Stone Tower (Ptolemy)
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Stone Tower (Ptolemy)
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Claudius Ptolemy, the Greco-Egyptian geographer of Alexandria, wrote about a "Stone Tower" which marked the midpoint on the ancient Silk Road – the network of overland trade routes taken by caravans between Europe and Asia. It was the most important landmark on this route, where caravans stopped on their difficult and dangerous journeys to allow travellers to take on provisions, rest, and trade goods before continuing on. Ptolemy's famous treatise on cartography, Geography, was written around 14
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Midpoint on the Silk Road of antiquity
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_Tower_(Ptolemy)
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2024-04-25T20:18:11Z
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