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A History of the Silk Road (Paperback)
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A History of the Silk Road (Paperback)
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List price R334
Loot Price R294
Discovery Miles 2 940
You Save R40 (12%)
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The Silk Road is a route from the edges of the European world to
the central plains of China. For thousands of years, its history
has been a traveller's history, of brief encounters in desert
towns, snowbound passes and nameless forts. It was the conduit that
first brought Buddhism, Christianity and Islam into China, and the
site of much of the 'Great Game' between Victorian empires.
Jonathan Clements guides the reader through the trackless wastes of
the Taklamakan Desert, its black whirlwinds and dead lakes, its
shimmering mirages, lost cities and mysterious mummies, but also
its iconic statues and memorable modern pop songs. He explains the
truth behind odd tales of horses that sweat blood, defaced statues
and missing frescoes, and Marco Polo's stories of black gold that
seeps from the earth.
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