The Timely Pearl
Edition: 1 edition
Series: Uralic and Altaic Series
Publisher: RoutledgeCurzon
Published: July 29, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 265
ISBN-13: 9780700709427
Subjects: Anthropology; Folklore; Language & Linguistics; Social Science; Ethnic Issues; Sociology; Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe); Russia; Ethnic Studies - General; Social Science / Ethnic Studies
First sentence: At the beginning of the twentieth century, the area through which the old Silk Road travelled was the subject of an intense curiosity on the part of European explorers.