The Silk Road : Central Asia, Afghanistan and Iran : a travel companion /: Central Asia, Afghanistan and Iran : a travel companion. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jonathan Tucker ; introduction by Paul Theroux.
• Authors: Tucker, Jonathan
• Contents: Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword; Preface; Note on the Translation of the Poetry and Prose; Introduction: Merchants, Monks and Migrants: The Traffic of the Silk Road; 1 The Old Road Through Afghanistan to India; 2 Silk Road Sites in Southern Central Asia; 3 The Coming of Islam to Central Asia; 4 The Mongols; 5 Tamerlane (Timur) and the Timurids; 6 The Silk Road Sites Between Balkh and Nisa; 7 The Route North from Merv to Khorezm; 8 The Routes North from the Iron Gate Pass; 9 The Routes to the North-West from Bukhara to Khorezm. 10 Silk Road Sites Around Samarkand11 The Silk Road Between Samarkand and China; 12 Parthians and Sasanians; 13 The Main East-West Silk Road Across Iran; 14 The Ray-Tabriz Road; 15 The Ray-Hamadan Road; 16 The End of the Road: The Silk Road in Decline; Chronologies; Glossary; Notes; Bibliography.
• Publisher Details: London : I.B. Tauris
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (xvi, 220 pages)
• Subjects: 958; Trade routes -- Asia, Central -- History -- Pictorial works; Trade routes -- Iran -- History -- Pictorial works; HISTORY -- Asia -- Central Asia; HISTORY -- Asia -- General; Trade routes; Silk Road -- Pictorial works; Central Asia; Asia -- Silk Road; Iran; Electronic books; Electronic books; History; Pictorial works
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780857739261; 0857739263
• Related ISBNs: 9781780769257; 1780769253
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.