I recommend these sites for your own research and reading enjoyment. Several have maps, Chinese charactors, historical research of their own etc. Please list these sites or their authors as references if you use them in any of your own work. Enjoy!

The Silk Road from thinkquest

Chinapages Silk Road

The Silk Road presented by O. Wilde ~ very indepth study

The Silkroad Foundation~this is the best most inexhaustive research site on the net for Silk road enthusiasts or wanderers.