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• Title:The Silk Road : two thousand years in the heart of Asia / Frances Wood.
  
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• Author/Creator:Wood, Frances, 1948-
  
• Published/Created:London : British Library, 2003, ©2002.
  

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  • Location:KOERNER LIBRARY stacks (Floor 1)Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: DS33.1 .W66 2003
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Trade routes--Asia--History.
  Silk Road--Antiquities.
  Silk Road--History.
  
• Description:270 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits (some color) ; 27 cm.
  
• Summary:"Covering more than 5,000 years, this book, illustrated with photographs, manuscripts, and paintings from the collections of the British Library and other museums worldwide, presents an overall picture of the history and cultures of the Silk Road. It also contains many previously unpublished photographs by the great explorers Stein, Hedin, and Mannerheim." "More than just a trade route, the Silk Road witnessed the movement of cultural influences. Frances Wood traces the story of the civilizations and ideas that flourished and spread via its vast geographical expanse. Indian Buddhism was carried into China on the Silk Road, initiating a great tradition of pilgrimages across the lonely desert routes; Manichaeism, Nestorian Christianity, and Islam also made their way eastwards along its route." "The nineteenth century saw a new interest in Central Asia and the Silk Road, as Russia and Britain vied for power on the frontiers of Afghanistan. A new breed of explorer, part archaeologist, part cartographer, part spy, was seen on the Silk Road, while some of the ancient cities, long buried in sand-blown dunes, began to give up their secrets. This book brings the history of the Silk Road alive - from its beginnings to the present day, revealing a rich legacy still in the making."--Jacket
  
• Notes:First published: London : Folio Society, 2002.
  Maps on lining papers.
  Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:0712348042
  
• Contents:1. 'A ceaselessly flowing stream of life'
  2. Coiled dragons and filmy fleeces: jade and silk
  3. From Greece and Rome to China - and back again
  4. people abandoned by Heaven: the Xiongnu and trade during the Han dynasty
  5. spread of trade and religions: Tocharians and Sogdians
  6. fashion for all things Central Asian
  7. Caves of the Thousand Buddhas: Buddhism on the Silk Road
  8. Tanguts, Mongols, Nestorians and Marco Polo
  9. parterre of roses: travellers to Ming China and Samarkand
  10. Great Game and the Silk Road
  11. Asia held them captive in her cold embrace: explorers on the Silk Road
  12. Trophies and tiger entrails: hunting and theorising on the Silk Road
  13. Securing specimens: Aurel Stein
  14. end to excavation: Pelliot, von Le Coq and Warner
  15. Baby General: travel on the Silk Road in the 1930s
  Epilogue: The Silk Road today.