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丝绸之路 · 交互知识图谱
Interactive knowledge graph of the ancient Silk Road
Explore 2,000 years of East-West exchange in one interactive graph. 32 cities on real coordinates, 21 historical figures, 22 trade goods, 16 events — all connected through 211 relationship edges. 8 animated routes show how silk, paper, gunpowder and Buddhism traveled across continents. Built with Leaflet.js + D3.js v7 + Canvas. Dual-language Chinese/English. All data CC BY-SA 4.0, code MIT — fully open-source.
I visited Dunhuang and stood in front of the Mogao Caves. On thousand-year-old murals, merchants from Persia, monks from India, envoys from Rome — all met in one cave because of one road.
When I came back, I found the knowledge scattered across dozens of Wikipedia pages. To trace how papermaking reached Europe, I needed 5 different tabs.
So I built this. One JSON file. 211 relationships. Everything connected into a living knowledge graph. Add one piece of data, and the map, timeline, and graph all update automatically.
The best part: route animations. Pick a route, and watch a golden dot travel from Chang'an to Europe, with narration via Web Speech API. 8 routes, ~4 minutes, zero editing software.
Zero-framework, pure vanilla JS. All data and code open-source.
Would love your feedback! 🐫
About 丝绸之路 · 交互知识图谱 on Product Hunt
“Interactive knowledge graph of the ancient Silk Road”
丝绸之路 · 交互知识图谱 was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 0 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #107 on the daily leaderboard. Explore 2,000 years of East-West exchange in one interactive graph. 32 cities on real coordinates, 21 historical figures, 22 trade goods, 16 events — all connected through 211 relationship edges. 8 animated routes show how silk, paper, gunpowder and Buddhism traveled across continents. Built with Leaflet.js + D3.js v7 + Canvas. Dual-language Chinese/English. All data CC BY-SA 4.0, code MIT — fully open-source.
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