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The Silk Road, a trade route that has served as the beating heart of commerce between the

west and the east for more than 2,000 years.

Persian and Indian Kings, Arabian Kailiffs, and Roman emperors all partook in the trade routes

riches and would pay any price for the mysterious lustrous fabric from which the road took its name.

Silk, the secret of which was locked away from the rest of the world for millennia.

Today though, we are lucky enough not to have to depend on a 4,000-mile caravan path just to get

fine silk.

And so just in time for holiday gift shopping, you can get for your loved ones not just a find piece of that inimitable cloth, but a one-of-a-kind work of art as well.

Maat Silk is an independent artist and producer of unique and stunningly beautiful works of silk, scarves, paintings, pillows, and even silk greeting cards.

And for a limited time only, the history of China has an exclusive arrangement with Maat silk between now and the end of

2014. When you purchase any of their amazing and absolutely one-of-a-kind scarves, you will help our

podcast keep on delivering Chinese history to you week after week.

Scarves range in size from 23 by 23 centimeters to 45 by 45, 90 by 90, and all the way up to a 180 by 45 centimeters.

Each is hand painted by the artist in Andalusia, Spain.

Literally, there is only one of any design, and once it's gone, it's gone forever.

So give a gift this holiday season that is both historical and timeless.

Give a scarf from Ma'a out silk. You'll be giving your loved ones and

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