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The Silk Road, Two Thousand Years in the Heart of Asia
by Frances Wood
- CULTURAL PORTRAIT
- 2004
- PAPER
- 270 PAGES
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A nicely illustrated overview of the art, culture and history of the Silk Road, largely drawn from the collections of the British Library. Frances Wood, head of the Chinese section at the library, makes good use of archival photographs, manuscripts and paintings in telling a lively story of these diverse ancient trade routes. She includes chapters on jade and silk, trade during the Han dynasty, Dunhuang, the Great Game, explorers, and the Silk Road today. With 102 color and 31 black-and-white photographs.
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