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A new book of photographs captures the landscapes, buildings and faces along the route that once conveyed untold wealth ...
This is a marvelously erudite book that tells the story of the extraordinary importance of Central Asia to the transmission of culture, religion and ideas along the Silk Road. It’s one of those ...
The book club was originally shuttered along with the rest of Silk Road when authorities made their first arrests in October. It was revived with the ill-fated Silk Road II, created by some of ...
The Silk Roads vividly captures the importance of the networks that crisscrossed the spine of Asia and linked the Atlantic with the Pacific, ... Books Physical description xix, 645 pages : ...
Dunhuang, (China) June 8, GNA – China has launched the Silk Road Oriental Pop Up Book in the sacred city of Dunhuang, promoting its global cultural dialogue, and mutual learning for common ...
The Silk Road, like the Milky Way, is not, alas, an entirely literal entity. It’s a branding exercise, a way of making ...
From the rise and fall of empires to the spread of Buddhism and the advent of Christianity and Islam, right up to the great wars of the 20th century — the book shows how the fate of the West has ...
Author of The New Silk Roads on his abiding interest in the Silk Roads, China’s Belt and Road Initiative, and how India, China, Iran, the Middle East, and to an extent, Russia, are reaching back ...
The view from the Silk Road. Yes, it may be growing a bit smaller. (Google "shrinking globe" and you'll find dozens of essays about how interconnected we all are.) But world history projects ...