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The Silk Road : Central Asia, Afghanistan and Iran : a travel companion

Tucker, Jonathan2014
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In this beautifully illustrated book, which covers the Central Asian section of the Silk Road - from Lake Issy Kul through Tashkent, Samarkand, Bukhara, the Kyzyl Kum Desert, Khiva and Merv to Herat, Kabul and Iran - Jonathan Tucker uses traveller's anecdotes and a wealth of literary and historical sources to celebrate the cultural heritage of the countries that lie along the Silk Road and illuminate the lives of those who once travelled through the very heart of the world.
Main title:
The Silk Road : Central Asia, Afghanistan and Iran : a travel companion / Jonathan Tucker ; introduction by Paul Theroux.
Author:
Imprint:
London : I.B. Tauris, 2014.
Collation:
288 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 21 cm
ISBN:
9781780769257 (pbk)
Dewey class:
382'.09396'0357
Language:
English
BRN:
15259
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