Название: The Silk Road: A New History
Автор: Valerie Hansen
Издательство: Oxford University Press
Год: 2012
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 320
Размер: 15,9 МБ
Язык: Английский

The Silk Road is as iconic in world history as the Colossus of Rhodes or the Suez Canal. But what was it, exactly? It conjures up a hazy image of a caravan of camels laden with silk on a dusty desert track, reaching from China to Rome. The reality was different--and far more interesting--as revealed in this new history.