The Silk Road : Central Asia, Afghanistan and Iran : a travel companion

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Label

The Silk Road : Central Asia, Afghanistan and Iran : a travel companion

Title remainder

Central Asia, Afghanistan and Iran : a travel companion

Statement of responsibility

Jonathan Tucker ; introduction by Paul Theroux

Creator

• Tucker, Jonathan, 1982-

Contributor

• OverDrive, Inc

Author

• Tucker, Jonathan, 1982-

Subject

• Trade routes -- Asia, Central -- History -- Pictorial works
• Trade routes -- Iran -- History -- Pictorial works
• trueElectronic books
• Silk Road -- Pictorial works

Genre

• Pictorial works
• Electronic books

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

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

DS329.4

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography