Central Asia Through Writers' Eyes

Book Overview

Between these covers, the millennia of mercantile and cultural exchange along the Silk Route are celebrated by travellers and writers from Marco Polo to Sven Hedin, from William of Rubrick to Ella Maillart. Kathleen Hopkirk has spent a lifetime researching this vital heartland, traversed by five inhospitable deserts but united by ancient chains of trading oases: from the Buddhist Empire of Kushan to the scholarly Islamic center at Bokhara. This mysterious...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1906011842
• ISBN13: 9781906011840
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Eland Publishing
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.4"