Silk-Road nodes

Caravanserais

Along the old Silk Road, a caravanserai was a walled waystation where caravans rested, traded, and swapped knowledge. These are ours: a community board for each Uzbek craft. Step into one to ask, answer, and trade tips with the makers.

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Suzani & embroidery

Suzani

Stitchers trade pomegranate-vine patterns, dye recipes and frame tips.

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Atlas ikat weaving

Ikat

Margʻilon looms: warp-resist dyeing, abrband knots, cloud edges.

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Rishtan ceramics

Ceramics

Ishqor glaze chemistry, kiln curves and that impossible Rishtan blue.

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Carpets & kilims

Carpets

Knot counts, madder reds and felt-pressing the old Khiva way.

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Copper & engraving

Metalwork

Kandakorlik chasing, pitch beds and tinning a tray right.

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Woodcarving (naqqoshlik)

Woodwork

One-block lavh stands, girih layout and mother-of-pearl inlay.

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Miniature & lacquer

Miniature

Squirrel-hair brushes, gold leaf and gridding a Registan scene.

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Plov & Uzbek cuisine

Plov

Qozon seasoning, zirvak debates and whose Samarqand osh wins.

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Dutar & maqom

Music

Fretting a dutar, shashmaqom modes and doira rhythms.

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Cross the worlds

Step through the portal

These caravanserais are one node on a wider map. Teleport between the bazaar, the craft boards, and the Local 7 Wonders world you arrived from.

Open the teleport hub →