Life Along the Silk Road

Hardcover • 1999 • English

Life Along the Silk Road

By Susan Whitfield

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About the book

In the first 1,000 years after Christ, merchants, missionaries, monks, mendicants, and military men traveled on the vast network of Central Asian tracks that became known as the Silk Road. Linking Europe, India, and the Far East, the route passed through many countries and many settlements, from the splendid city of Samarkand to tiny desert hamlets. Susan Whitfield creates a rich and varied portrait of life along the greatest trade route in history in a vivid, lively, and learned account that sp...Show more

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ISBN

9780520224728

Publisher

University of California Press

Published year

1999

Language

English

Original title

Life Along the Silk Road

Format

Hardcover

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