The Silk Roads Nexus: Curated Micro-Dataset of Cultural Heritage Entities, Relationships, and Historical Annotations

A curated micro-dataset constructed for the Silk Roads Nexus platform, a coordinated multi-view digital heritage system developed as part of the CSC3094 Final Year Project at Newcastle University (2025-2026). The dataset comprises 81 entity records across six entity types (cities, routes, goods, events, persons, inscriptions), 50 typed directed relationships using a controlled vocabulary of six values, and 45 century-level temporal annotations for the platform timeline feature. All entities are sourced from peer-reviewed academic references (Frankopan 2015; Pleiades Gazetteer; Encyclopaedia Iranica; Silk Road Seattle Project) and satisfy three predefined inclusion criteria: documented participation in Silk Roads networks in at least one peer-reviewed source; temporal bounds within 300 BCE to 1500 CE; and relational connectivity to at least one other entity in the dataset.Created by : Saud Najem S Alnajem - 230266960 Supervised by Dr Rouaa Yassin Kassab, Newcastle University.本数据集是为丝绸之路枢纽（Silk Roads Nexus）平台构建的精选微型数据集，该平台是纽卡斯尔大学2025-2026学年CSC3094本科毕业设计项目开发的协同多视图数字遗产系统。 该数据集涵盖6类实体（城市、路线、商品、事件、人物、铭文）共81条实体记录，采用6种受控词汇表定义50条类型化有向关系，并为平台时间线功能提供45条世纪级时间标注。 所有实体均来自同行评审学术文献（Frankopan 2015；Pleiades地名录；伊朗百科全书（Encyclopaedia Iranica）；西雅图丝绸之路项目（Silk Road Seattle Project）），且满足三项预设收录标准：至少在一篇同行评审文献中被记载参与丝绸之路网络；时间范围限定于公元前300年至公元1500年；与数据集中至少一个其他实体存在关联关系。 本数据集由苏阿德·纳吉姆·S·阿尔纳杰姆（Saud Najem S Alnajem）制作，学号：230266960，由纽卡斯尔大学鲁阿·亚辛·卡萨布博士（Dr Rouaa Yassin Kassab）指导。