num_pages: 205
description: Samarkand, a caravanserai on the ancient trade route from the vast Asian deserts to China, is symbolic of a vanishing world - the world of the desert caravan.
language: English
title: Samarkand and Beyond: A History Of Desert Caravans
titlecomplete: Samarkand and Beyond: A History Of Desert Caravans
genres: Travel, History
ratings_count: 2
publisher: Constable & Co. Ltd.