The Silk Road - China and the Karakorum Highway: A Travel Companion

by Jonathan Tucker

This beautifully illustrated book is intended as background reading for travelers on one of the most popular sections of the Silk Road--the Xian to Kashgar route through China, linking with the Karakorum Highway through Northern Pakistan. The ancient trade routes between Europe and the Orient, specifically between Rome and the old Chinese capital of Xian, endured for almost two thousand years. Along with trade goods came new ideas--religions, medical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1780763565
• ISBN13: 9781780763569
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.5"