The Silk Road : China and the Karakorum Highway : a travel companion
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Published
London : I.B. Tauris, 2015.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xiv, 254 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Status
Southside - Adult
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Published
London : I.B. Tauris, 2015.
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
Stretching from the ancient Chinese capital of Xian across the expanses of Central Asia to Rome, the Silk Road was, for 1,500 years, a vibrant network of arteries that carried the lifeblood of nations across the world. Along a multitude of routes everything was exchanged: exotic goods, art, knowledge, religion, philosophy, disease and war. From the East came silk, precious stones, tea, jade, paper, porcelain, spices and cotton; from the West, horses, weapons, wool and linen, aromatics, entertainers and exotic animals. From its earliest beginnings in the days of Alexander the Great and the Han.
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