The Silk Road: Central Asia, Afghanistan and Iran: A Travel Companion

by Jonathan Tucker

Stretching from the ancient Chinese capital of Xian across the expanses of Central Asia to Rome, the Silk Road was, for 1,500 years, a vibrant network of arteries that carried the lifeblood of nations across the world. Along a multitude of routes everything was exchanged: exotic goods, art, knowledge, religion, philosophy, disease and war. From the East came silk, precious stones, tea, jade, paper, porcelain, spices and cotton; from the West, horses,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 183860037X
• ISBN13: 9781838600372
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: Tauris Parke
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.5"