TY - BOOK AU - Tucker,Jonathan TI - The silk road : : Central Asia, Afghanistan and Iran : a travel companion / Jonathan Tucker with a foreword by Paul Theroux SN - 9781780769257 AV - DS329.4. T83 2015 PY - 2015/// CY - London : PB - I.B. Tauris, KW - Trade routes KW - Asia, Central KW - History KW - Pictorial works. KW - Iran KW - Silk Road KW - Description and travel KW - Asia, Central. KW - Asia KW - Silk Road. N1 - Contents: Machine generated contents note : 1. The Old Road Through Afghanistan to India—2. Silk Road Sites in Southern Central Asia—3. The Coming of Islam to Central Asia—4. The Mongols—5. Tamerlane (Timor) and the Timurids—6. The Silk Road Sites Between Balkh and Nisa—7. The Route North from Merv to Khorezm—8. The Routes North from the Iron Gate Pass—9. The Routes to the North-West from Bukhara to Khorezm—10. Silk Road Sites Around Samarkand—11. The Silk Road Between Samarkand and China—12. Parthians and Sasanians—13. The Main East—West Silk Road Across Iran—14. The Ray—Tabriz Road—15. The Ray—Hamadan Road—16. The End of the Road : The Silk Road in Decline. ER -