This fascinating book covers more than 2,000 years of history, and is illustrated throughout with many manuscripts and paintings from the British Library and other museums worldwide. There are also unique and previously unpublished photographs by the great explorers Stein, Hedin and Mannerheim.
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""As Head of the Chinese Section at the British Library, and someone who clearly knows the area as well as she does its history, Frances Wood is an erudite narrator. She writes in a sober tone, leavened by quirky details and dry asides. The Silk Road--"copiously illustrated--is a fine introduction to a world about which most Westerners know only the legend."
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THE SILK ROAD, or Roads, is one of the most evocative of names, conjuring visions of camels laden with bales of luxurious brocades and diaphanous silks in all the colours of the rainbow. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
THE SILK ROAD, or Roads, is one of the most evocative of names, conjuring visions of camels laden with bales of luxurious brocades and diaphanous silks in all the colours of the rainbow. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I was a little disappointed by this book. It does focus very much on the Chinese end of the Silk Road and the western end and even the middle (including, for example, the historical development of the silk road cities of Khiva, Bukhara & Samarkand) are neglected by comparison. This reflects the author's expertise but it does mean the book is not really a history of the whole silk road. The early chapters do try to tell the economic history of the trade route and how silk and jade and horses and camels were particularly traded along it but a clearer historical narrative linking the economic trends to wider political developments would have been welcome. I also expected a map of known caravansarai and some discussion of the traces of silk road buildings and infrastructure that remain.
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By Nicholas Casley
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Format:Hardcover
After visiting the Silk Road exhibition at the British Library, this book provided me with further background information about this fascinating geographical, historical and cultural concept. Stretching from the Bronze Age to the 20th century, the author provides intriguing glimpses into various aspects, such as the role of trade, exploration, archaeology, politics and economics in shaping the development of the route. My one regret is that the focus is on the eastern end of the route: one learns little of the route west of Samarkand. Extremely well written and produced, the book is published by the British Library, and therefore possesses the high standards that one would expect from this great institution.
Format:Paperback
Interesting read that would be impoved by more detailed maps re the names in the text.
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