DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.7160/KS.2024.230202 Author: German Kim Affiliation: Institute for Asian Studies, al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Al-Farabi Avenue 71, Almaty, Kazakhstan Email: germankim01@yahoo.com Language: English Issue: 2/2024 (23) Pages: 23-41 (19 pages) Keywords: Silk Road, Kazakh baskur, Ornamentation, Nomadic culture, Cross-cultural studies, Symbolism in patterns, Traditional weaving Abstract This article explores the Silk Road, one of history’s…