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The Silk Road: a new history

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Field name	Details
ISBN	0195159314 (hbk.)
ISBN	9780195159318 (hbk.)
Author	Hansen, Valerie 1958-
Title	The Silk Road : a new history / [by] Valerie Hansen
Publisher	New York : Oxford University Press, 2012
Physical desc.	[xv], 304 p., [16] p. of plates ; ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Bibliography etc.	Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-290) and index.
Contents	Introduction -- At the crossroads of Central Asia: The kingdom of Kroraina -- Gateway to the languages of the Silk Road: Kucha and the Kizil caves -- Midway between China and Iran: Turfan -- Homeland of the Sogdians, the Silk Road traders: Samarkand and Sogdiana -- The cosmopolitan terminus of the Silk Road: historic Chang’an, modern-day Xi’an -- The time capsule of Silk Road history: The Dunhuang caves -- Entryway into Xinjiang for Buddhism and Islam: Khotan -- Conclusion: the history of the overland routes through Central Asia.
Subject	Historic sites -- Silk Road
	Trade routes -- Asia -- History
	Silk Road -- History
	Silk Road -- History -- Sources
	Silk Road -- History, Local
	Silk Road -- Description and travel

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