The Silk Road : a new history / Valerie Hansen.

By: Hansen, Valerie, 1958-Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2012Description: xi, 304 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 25 cmISBN: 9780195159318 (hardcover : acidfree paper)Subject(s): Historic sites -- Silk Road | Trade routes -- Asia -- History | Silk Road -- History | Silk Road -- History -- Sources | Silk Road -- Description and travel | Silk Road -- History, LocalDDC classification: 950.1 LOC classification: DS33.1 | .H36 2012
Contents:
At the Crossroads of Central Asia : The Kingdom of Kroraina -- Gateway to the Languages of the Silk Road : Kucha and the Kizil Caves -- Midway Between China and Iran : Turfan -- Homeland of the Sogdians, the Silk Road Traders : Samarkand and Sogdiana -- The Cosmopolitan Terminus of the Silk Road : Historic Chang'an, Modern-day Xi'an -- The Time Capsule of Silk Road History : The Dunhuang Caves -- Entryway into Xinjiang for Buddhism and Islam : Khotan -- Conclusion: The History of the Overland Routes Through Central Asia.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

At the Crossroads of Central Asia : The Kingdom of Kroraina -- Gateway to the Languages of the Silk Road : Kucha and the Kizil Caves -- Midway Between China and Iran : Turfan -- Homeland of the Sogdians, the Silk Road Traders : Samarkand and Sogdiana -- The Cosmopolitan Terminus of the Silk Road : Historic Chang'an, Modern-day Xi'an -- The Time Capsule of Silk Road History : The Dunhuang Caves -- Entryway into Xinjiang for Buddhism and Islam : Khotan -- Conclusion: The History of the Overland Routes Through Central Asia.

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