The global trade of silk fabrics with the revival of Noghandari industry and art

According to the Aria Heritage report, citing the public relations of the Cultural Heritage and Tourism Research Institute, Zhila Moshiri, the expert in charge of the Anthropology Research Institute, on 11 Bahman 1401, at the third specialized meeting of the “Regional Perspective of the Silk Road Heritage” conference, presented her joint article with Babak Seddighi, an anthropological photographer, entitled “Anthropology of the Native Silk Industry” and its intercultural interactions in Iran”.

The expert in charge of the Institute of Anthropology said about the research: Iran is one of the countries that is famous in the world for the weaving of silk fabrics and the cultivation of silkworms, and the cultivation and technology of the silk industry traditionally existed in Iran, but there is a significant issue in the industry. Native silk is the process of making it, which is done in different and non-adjacent geographical places in Iran, and these human groups have been able to find each other and carry out the different stages of this industry during different ages.

He added: The method used in conducting this research was the documentary and field method, and since each of the stages of the silk industry is carried out in different regions or provinces of the country, five provinces that were more central in carrying out these stages were selected and at the time of carrying out These steps of visiting these areas and the steps of doing the work were recorded by the researchers.

This researcher stated: Noghandaran of Gilan province in the Astana cities of Ashrafieh, Foman and Langrod; Razavi Khorasan Province Silk Pullers in Baig City; dyers of Qom province in Qom city; The weavers of Isfahan province in Kashan and carpet weavers of East Azerbaijan province in Tabriz are included in the study population of this research.

Moshiri stated that in recent years, this industry has lost its previous prosperity and stated: the revival of this valuable industry and art in the form of advanced global facilities can give a valuable face to the development of innovation and global trade of the country’s famous silk fabrics, and with the added value that is produced will lead to the spread and economic prosperity of the country and the improvement and prosperity of the agricultural and industrial society.

Investigation and identification of Iranian caravansaries based on remote sensing system (GIS)

In this meeting, Mohammad Rezarkani, an expert and researcher of the Institute of Archaeology, investigated and identified Iranian caravansaries based on the Remote Sensing System (GIS) and said: “Inspection and identification in archaeological knowledge is the key to achieving recognition of archaeological artifacts, which is mostly done by two extensive field methods in one. Geographical scope, and it is done methodically in one area.

He added: In the past decades, another technique for investigation and identification has been introduced, which actually benefits from the knowledge of remote sensing. In this technique, satellite and aerial images are widely used, and archaeological sites are identified according to navigation in the software environment.

This researcher, stating that the superiority of this technique is in saving time, cost and the possibility of examining a very large range compared to WiFi algorithms in remote sensing, added: In this research, with the benefit of introducing Iran’s caravansaries through valuable documentation Shadoran Youssef Kiani and Walfram Clais, who published in 1363, have been used.

Rukni added: The main criticism of this book was the lack of recording geographic coordinates, which was not a common method at that time, but by using remote sensing, the works introduced in the book were identified and recorded on satellite images with high accuracy and resolution.

According to this expert, this technique required time, the abundance of works made it difficult to identify in the images, and of course, the documents available on the Internet were also used as guide keywords. Finally, after the precise placement of the works, their processing According to the conditions of natural geography, climate, anthropology, biodiversity, political geography, and the identification of communication routes as the main trade route (Silk Road) and secondary was also done.

In the end, he noted: Finally, an output map of the number of caravanserais and the communication routes between them has been prepared, which can be the key to identifying field surveys and answering many questions about caravanserais.

Routes and branches of the Great Silk Road in Kazakhstan

In the continuation of this specialized meeting, the article “Routes and Branches of the Great Silk Road in Kazakhstan” was presented by Ayesha Mukashiva from Kazakhstan University of Foreign Languages.

He said: Kazakhstan’s position as the route of the historical east-west road, the Silk Road, in the heart of Central Asia, has made this country an attractive combination of nations and cultures.

Mukashiva introduced some of these cities, stating that the main cities located on the Silk Road route are numerous in Kazakhstan and the main route of the Silk Road is located in the south of today’s Kazakhstan.

Development of Silk Road in Iranian territory

In the continuation of this meeting, the article “Development of the Silk Road in Iranian territory is a consequence of the consolidation and development of the military-protection structure resulting from the war” also that by Jean-Claude Voisin, Ph.D. in the history and archeology of the Middle Ages in Europe and retired professor of the French University of Saint-Joseph in Beirut, and Seyed Mohammad Sadat, a scholar, researcher and independent researcher of history and archeology, written by Seyed Mohammad Sadat, were presented.

He said: Wars and their consequences have always been destructive and destructive throughout history, but if we carefully examine, from time to time, out of the ruins and destructions, there are developments that change the course of history, and the flourishing and expansion of some arts, including architecture and construction. A city is the product of these wars.

Stating that the long-term wars in ancient times between the Iranians, especially the Sassanids, with the Romans and later the Byzantines, this researcher made them familiar with the military-political and economic absolute powers of that time, and added: The familiarity of Iranians with the style and context of the urban square architecture and especially with the Roman military castles is important. On the other hand, the knowledge of the Romans about the engineering of the round towers of the Iranians, on the other hand, had a surprising effect on the civilization of the two superpowers.

Sadat stated: One of these important effects was the creation of protective-military structures along the route of the cultural-commercial silk road, which passed through a wide area of ​​Iranian territory and ended in Roman lands, and in fact, Iran was a bridge between the two superpowers of the East and West of the ancient world.

He stated: This article, which is the result of library research and field surveys of its authors, tries to answer the question of some mutual influence of the great Iranian-Sasanian and Roman-Byzantine civilizations on each other in the field of architecture and construction engineering, especially in the case of protective castles. Military and following that influence on the expansion and consolidation of the Silk Road and in the continuation of the influence of other governments from them and what has been the stability of these effects during many centuries and are these changes considered a consequence of the wars and military confrontation between the Iranians and the Romans? to answer