Foreign Devils on the Silk Road: The Search for the Lost Cities and Treasures of Chinese Central Asia by Peter Hopkirk

Foreign Devils on the Silk Road: The Search for the Lost Cities and Treasures of Chinese Central Asia

Peter Hopkirk

282 pages paperback 1980

6 editions

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The Silk Road, which linked imperial Rome and distant China, was once the greatest thoroughfare on earth. Along it traveled precious cargoes of silk, gold and ivory, as well as revolutionary new ideas. Its oasis towns blossomed into thriving cente...

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