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"The best guidebook to bring is the Uzbekistan volume in the Odyssey series... It is one of those rare travel guides that is a joy to read whether or not you are planning a trip." (New York Times) "...Quite excellent. No one should visit Samarkand, Bukhara or Khiva without this meticulously researched guide..." (Peter Hopkirk, author of The Great Game)" --Peter Hopkirk
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This is the nation at the crossroads of ancient trade routes. This is the only comprehensive guide to this former Soviet republic. Samarkand, Khiva and Bukhara cities are more than 25 centuries old. These are UNESCO World Heritage Sites. This title highlights Tamerlane the Great, local traditions, Islamic art in Uzbekistan and ancient buildings. Bound by sand and snow, fed by meltwater from the Roof of the World, the fertile oases across Uzbekistan attracted the greatest travellers and conquerors in history along the fragile threads of the Silk Road. Central to this ancient trade route, the turquoise domes of Tamerlane's Samarkand - some of the world's most evocative architectural symbols - and the holy city of Bukhara, which boasts a mosque for each day of the year, or the desert-girdled khanate of Khiva, offer the world a breathtaking architectural legacy. Let the images of ancient Silk Road caravanserais and trading centers capture your imagination through this ground-breaking guide. The precious mosaics, ribbed turquoise cupolas and majestic minarets that define the skyline will leave you spellbound.
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This is a very readable and easily accessed book which is remarkably well informed and, indeed, full of useful and illuminating information. It has been effectively updated (2012) and as a consequence provides the intending or actual traveller with practical guidelines as well as historical, cultural and political perspectives which serve to contextualise and extend experience. Photographs, maps and brief quotations from relevant sources all serve to complement an excellent text.
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This is an absolutely outstanding book. I had spent so much time looking for information, only to find it all here. Clear and concise.
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