The Silk Road
Subtitle: Central Asia, Afghanistan and Iran : a travel companion
By: Jonathan Tucker ; introduction by Paul Theroux
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 220
ISBN-13: 9781780769257
Subjects: Trade routes; Description and travel; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1.The Old Road Through Afghanistan to India; title: 2.Silk Road Sites in Southern Central Asia; title: 3.The Coming of Islam to Central Asia; title: 4.The Mongols; title: 5.Tamerlane (Timor) and the Timurids; title: 6.The Silk Road Sites Between Balkh and Nisa; title: 7.The Route North from Merv to Khorezm; title: 8.The Routes North from the Iron Gate Pass; title: 9.The Routes to the North-West from Bukhara to Khorezm; title: 10.Silk Road Sites Around Samarkand; title: 11.The Silk Road Between Samarkand and China; title: 12.Parthians and Sasanians; title: 13.The Main East; title: West Silk Road Across Iran; title: 14.The Ray; title: Tabriz Road; title: 15.The Ray; title: Hamadan Road; title: 16.The End of the Road: The Silk Road in Decline.