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Author Hansen, Valerie, 1958-

Title The Silk Road : a new history / Valerie Hansen.

Publication Info. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2012]
©2012
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1536939~S1
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 95th Street Adult Nonfiction  950.1 HAN    AVAILABLE
 Nichols Adult Nonfiction  950.1 HAN    AVAILABLE
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Description xi, 304 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents At the Crossroads of Central Asia : The Kingdom of Kroraina -- Gateway to the Languages of the Silk Road : Kucha and the Kizil Caves -- Midway Between China and Iran : Turfan -- Homeland of the Sogdians, the Silk Road Traders : Samarkand and Sogdiana -- The Cosmopolitan Terminus of the Silk Road : Historic Chang'an, Modern-day Xi'an -- The Time Capsule of Silk Road History : The Dunhuang Caves -- Entryway into Xinjiang for Buddhism and Islam : Khotan -- Conclusion: The History of the Overland Routes Through Central Asia.
Subject Silk Road -- History.
Silk Road -- History -- Sources.
Silk Road -- Description and travel.
Silk Road -- History, Local.
Historic sites -- Silk Road.
Trade routes -- Asia -- History.
ISBN 9780195159318 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
0195159314 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
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