The Silk Road

Description:

"Covering more than 5,000 years, this book, lavishly illustrated with photographs, manuscripts, and paintings from the collections of the British Library and other museums worldwide, presents an overall picture of the history and cultures of the Silk Road. It also contains many previously unpublished photographs by the great explores Stein, Hedin, and Mannerheim."--BOOK JACKET.

subjects: History,  Trade routes,  Ruta de la seda,  Sidenva˜gen,  Histoire,  Historia,  Zijderoute,  Routes commerciales,  Rutas comerciales,  Description and travel,  Asia, history,  Antiquities,  Silk Road

Places: China,  Silk Road,  Central Asia