Foreign Devils on the Silk Road: The Search for the Lost Treasures of Central Asia by Peter Hopkirk

Foreign Devils on the Silk Road: The Search for the Lost Treasures of Central Asia

Peter Hopkirk

252 pages first pub 1980 (editions)

nonfiction history travel adventurous informative medium-paced
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The Silk Road, the great trans-Asian highway linking Imperial Rome to China, reached the height of its importance during the T'ang Dynasty. Along it travelled precious cargoes as well as new ideas, art and knowledge. Its oasis towns blossomed into...

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