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| #390376 in Books | imusti | 2006-03-27 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 7.75 x.75 x5.00l,.46 | File type: PDF | 272 pages | John Murray||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| A thought-provoking history of scholars and skullduggery on the Silk Road|By Gil J. Stein|Peter Hopkirk's books consistently succeed in highlighting fascinating episodes of 19th-20th century history in ways that are accurate, well written, and highly readable. Hopkirk's books are also extremely relevant for our understanding of the modern world. One cannot really understand cur||'Highly readable and elegant'―Times Literary Supplement
'Recounted with great skill . . . opens a window onto a fascinating world'―Financial Times|About the Author|Peter Hopkirk travelled widel
The Silk Road, which linked imperial Rome and distant China, was once the greatest thoroughfare on earth. Along it travelled precious cargoes of silk, gold and ivory, as well as revolutionary new ideas. Its oasis towns blossomed into thriving centres of Buddhist art and learning.
In time it began to decline. The traffic slowed, the merchants left and finally its towns vanished beneath the desert sands to be forgotten for a thousand years. But legends grew up of l...
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