| Description |
270 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps ; 27 cm. |
| Note |
First published: London : Folio Society, 2002. |
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Maps on lining papers. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-254) and index. |
| Contents |
1. "A ceaselessly flowing stream of life" -- 2. Coiled dragons and filmy fleeces : jade and silk -- 3. From Greece and Rome to China - and back again -- 4. A people abandoned by heaven : the Xiongnu and trade during the Han dynasty -- 5. The spread of trade and religions : Tocharians and Sogdians -- 6. The fashion for all things Central Asian -- 7. The caves of the thousand Buddhas : Buddhism on the Silk Road -- 8. Tanguts, Mongols, Nestorians and Marco Polo -- 9. A parterre of roses : travellers to Ming China and Samarkand -- 10. The great game and the Silk Road -- 11. Asia held them captive in her cold embrace : explorers on the Silk Road -- 12. Trophies and tiger entrails : hunting and theorising on the Silk Road -- 13. Securing specimens : Aurel Stein -- 14. An end to excavation : Pelliot, von Le Coq and Warner -- 15. The baby general : travel on the Silk Road in the 1930s -- The Silk Road today. |
| Subject |
Trade routes -- China.
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Silk Road -- History.
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Asia, Central -- History.
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| ISBN |
0520237862 |
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