The Silk Road: A History
- ISBN-10
- 0948894199
- ISBN-13
- 9780948894190
- Series
- The Silk Road
- Category
- Silk Road
- Pages
- 294
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1986
- Authors
- David M. Brownstone, Irene M. Franck
Description
Traversed by pilgrim and pillager alike, this is the road of Marco Polo, Alexander the Great, Kublai Khan and Attila the Hun--the road connecting east and west and linking the great historic cultures of Eurasia.
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