The Resource The Silk Road : Central Asia, Afghanistan and Iran : a travel companion, Jonathan Tucker ; introduction by Paul Theroux, (electronic resource eBook)
The Silk Road : Central Asia, Afghanistan and Iran : a travel companion, Jonathan Tucker ; introduction by Paul Theroux, (electronic resource eBook)
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- Summary
- Stretching from the ancient Chinese capital of Xian across the expanses of Central Asia to Rome, the Silk Road was, for 2,000 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, tea, jade, paper, porcelain, spices and Buddhism; from the West, horses, weapons, lions, precious stones and cotton. From its earliest beginnings in the days of Alexander the Great and the Han Dynasty, the Silk Road expanded and evol
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Contents
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- Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword; Preface; Note on the Translation of the Poetry and Prose; Introduction: Merchants, Monks and Migrants: The Traffic of the Silk Road; 1 The Old Road Through Afghanistan to India; 2 Silk Road Sites in Southern Central Asia; 3 The Coming of Islam to Central Asia; 4 The Mongols; 5 Tamerlane (Timur) and the Timurids; 6 The Silk Road Sites Between Balkh and Nisa; 7 The Route North from Merv to Khorezm; 8 The Routes North from the Iron Gate Pass; 9 The Routes to the North-West from Bukhara to Khorezm
- 10 Silk Road Sites Around Samarkand11 The Silk Road Between Samarkand and China; 12 Parthians and Sasanians; 13 The Main East-West Silk Road Across Iran; 14 The Ray-Tabriz Road; 15 The Ray-Hamadan Road; 16 The End of the Road: The Silk Road in Decline; Chronologies; Glossary; Notes; Bibliography
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- 9780857739261
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- The Silk Road : Central Asia, Afghanistan and Iran : a travel companion
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- The Silk Road
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- Central Asia, Afghanistan and Iran : a travel companion
- Statement of responsibility
- Jonathan Tucker ; introduction by Paul Theroux
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Stretching from the ancient Chinese capital of Xian across the expanses of Central Asia to Rome, the Silk Road was, for 2,000 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, tea, jade, paper, porcelain, spices and Buddhism; from the West, horses, weapons, lions, precious stones and cotton. From its earliest beginnings in the days of Alexander the Great and the Han Dynasty, the Silk Road expanded and evol
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- Tucker, Jonathan
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- The Silk Road : Central Asia, Afghanistan and Iran : a travel companion, Jonathan Tucker ; introduction by Paul Theroux, (electronic resource eBook)
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- Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword; Preface; Note on the Translation of the Poetry and Prose; Introduction: Merchants, Monks and Migrants: The Traffic of the Silk Road; 1 The Old Road Through Afghanistan to India; 2 Silk Road Sites in Southern Central Asia; 3 The Coming of Islam to Central Asia; 4 The Mongols; 5 Tamerlane (Timur) and the Timurids; 6 The Silk Road Sites Between Balkh and Nisa; 7 The Route North from Merv to Khorezm; 8 The Routes North from the Iron Gate Pass; 9 The Routes to the North-West from Bukhara to Khorezm
- 10 Silk Road Sites Around Samarkand11 The Silk Road Between Samarkand and China; 12 Parthians and Sasanians; 13 The Main East-West Silk Road Across Iran; 14 The Ray-Tabriz Road; 15 The Ray-Hamadan Road; 16 The End of the Road: The Silk Road in Decline; Chronologies; Glossary; Notes; Bibliography
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- The Silk Road : Central Asia, Afghanistan and Iran : a travel companion, Jonathan Tucker ; introduction by Paul Theroux, (electronic resource eBook)
- Antecedent source
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- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword; Preface; Note on the Translation of the Poetry and Prose; Introduction: Merchants, Monks and Migrants: The Traffic of the Silk Road; 1 The Old Road Through Afghanistan to India; 2 Silk Road Sites in Southern Central Asia; 3 The Coming of Islam to Central Asia; 4 The Mongols; 5 Tamerlane (Timur) and the Timurids; 6 The Silk Road Sites Between Balkh and Nisa; 7 The Route North from Merv to Khorezm; 8 The Routes North from the Iron Gate Pass; 9 The Routes to the North-West from Bukhara to Khorezm
- 10 Silk Road Sites Around Samarkand11 The Silk Road Between Samarkand and China; 12 Parthians and Sasanians; 13 The Main East-West Silk Road Across Iran; 14 The Ray-Tabriz Road; 15 The Ray-Hamadan Road; 16 The End of the Road: The Silk Road in Decline; Chronologies; Glossary; Notes; Bibliography
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- Mode of access: World Wide Web
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