The silk road : Central Asia, Afghanistan and Iran : a travel companion / Jonathan Tucker with a foreword by Paul Theroux.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Publication details: London : I.B. Tauris, ©2015.Description: xvi, 220 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cmISBN:- 9781780769257
- 9780857739261
- DS329.4. T83 2015
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Monograph | Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University | DS329.4.T83 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 3ACKU000379825 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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