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The Silk Road: Central Asia, Afghanistan and Iran
- A Travel Companion
Engelsk Paperback

The Silk Road: Central Asia, Afghanistan and Iran

- A Travel Companion
Engelsk Paperback

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In this beautifully illustrated book, Jonathan Tucker uses travellers'' anecdotes and a wealth of literary and historical sources to celebrate the cultural heritage of the countries that lie along the Silk Road.

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 dynasty, the Silk Road expanded and evolved, reaching its peak during the Tang dynasty and the Byzantine Empire and gradually withering away with the decline of the Mongol Empire.

The book covers the Central Asian section of the Silk Road - from Lake Issyk-kul through Tashkent, Samarkand, Bukhara, the Kyzyl Kum Desert, Khiva and Merv to Herat, Kabul and Iran - and illuminates the lives of those who once travelled through the very heart of the world.





Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
240
ISBN-13:
9781838600372
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
183860037X
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
4 apr 2019
Længde:
30mm
Bredde:
215mm
Højde:
139mm
Forlag:
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Oplagsdato:
4 apr 2019
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