A History of the Silk Road
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220 pages
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1 map
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5 x 8
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Table of Contents

Contents
1. The Invention of the Silk Road
Beginnings and Endings
Geography and Topography
Names and Naming
Barbarians, Minorities and the Historical Record
2. From the Tarim Mummies to the Early Han Dynasty (Prehistory to AD 6)
The Discovery of Silk
Moths and Worms
Horse-riders and Horse-traders
3. The Western Regions: From Han to Tang (AD 6-618)
Armies Reach Kashgar
Silk Reaches Khotan
Buddhism Reaches China
4. The Tang Dynasty (618-907)
Tripitaka
The Christians
The Jewelled Surnames
The Tragedy of Yang Guifei
5. The Uyghurs and the Mongols (907-1408)
Barchuq Switches Sides
Marco Polo
The Muslims
6. The New Frontier (1408-1912)
Kazakhs, Kyrgyz and Kalmuks
Yaqub Beg and Kashgaria
The Tomb Raiders
7. Autonomy and Hegemny (1912-2012)
The Republic of China
The ‘Republics’ of Xinjiang
The People’s Republic of China
Whose Song is it Anyway?
8. The Silk Road Today
Ecology and Erosion
Religion and Races
Tourism and Tradition
History and Heritage
Further Reading and References
Chronology of Major Events
Index
Beginnings and Endings
Geography and Topography
Names and Naming
Barbarians, Minorities and the Historical Record
2. From the Tarim Mummies to the Early Han Dynasty (Prehistory to AD 6)
The Discovery of Silk
Moths and Worms
Horse-riders and Horse-traders
3. The Western Regions: From Han to Tang (AD 6-618)
Armies Reach Kashgar
Silk Reaches Khotan
Buddhism Reaches China
4. The Tang Dynasty (618-907)
Tripitaka
The Christians
The Jewelled Surnames
The Tragedy of Yang Guifei
5. The Uyghurs and the Mongols (907-1408)
Barchuq Switches Sides
Marco Polo
The Muslims
6. The New Frontier (1408-1912)
Kazakhs, Kyrgyz and Kalmuks
Yaqub Beg and Kashgaria
The Tomb Raiders
7. Autonomy and Hegemny (1912-2012)
The Republic of China
The ‘Republics’ of Xinjiang
The People’s Republic of China
Whose Song is it Anyway?
8. The Silk Road Today
Ecology and Erosion
Religion and Races
Tourism and Tradition
History and Heritage
Further Reading and References
Chronology of Major Events
Index
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