Question

where can i find information on stories that were spread on the silk roads? my topic for an english paper is storytellers/writers and how the stories spread with the use of the silk roads.. i can't find any information at all.

Answer 1

Well, I would look up "Marco Polo" right away.
There is a book on stories told on the silk road described at

http://www.amazon.com/Uighur-Stories-Along-Silk-Road/dp/0761811370

Answer 2

These sites may also help.

http://www.amazon.com/Stories-Silk-Road-Cherry-Gilchrist/dp/1902283252

http://www.ess.uci.edu/~oliver/silk.html

http://www.silkroadproject.org/smithsonian/nomads/story.html

Answer 3

Here are some stories from Marco himself

http://www.silk-road.com/artl/marcopolo.shtml