Foreign Devils On The Silk Road
Author: Pan Macmillan Editorial Team
ISBN: 9780719564482
Price: Rs. 759.00 • ✓ 100% Genuine Publisher Edition
Book Overview
The Silk Road, which linked imperial Rome and distant China, was once the greatest thoroughfare on earth. Along it travelled precious cargoes of silk, gold and ivory, as well as revolutionary new ideas. Its oasis towns blossomed into thriving centres of Buddhist art and learning. In time it began to decline. The traffic slowed, the merchants left and finally its towns vanished beneath the desert sands to be forgotten for a thousand years. But legends grew up of lost cities filled with treasures and guarded by demons. In the early years of the last century foreign explorers began to investigate these legends, and very soon an international race began for the art treasures of the Silk Road. Huge wall paintings, sculptures and priceless manuscripts were carried away, literally by the ton, and are today scattered through the museums of a dozen countries. Peter Hopkirk tells the story of the intrepid men who, at great personal risk, led these long-range archaeological raids, incurring the undying wrath of the Chinese.
Browse this title within our Social Sciences and Education collection. Edition details: Paperback, en, 288 pages. Reference ISBN: 9780719564482.
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Pan Macmillan Editorial Team is a celebrated author whose published works are acclaimed internationally for their insight, narrative craftsmanship, and immense reader popularity.
Book Specifications & Quick Facts
- Reading Level
- Students & Academic Researchers
- Language & Format
- en • Paperback
- ISBN Reference
- 9780719564482
- Publisher
- John Murray Pubs Limited
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What is this book about?
The Silk Road, which linked imperial Rome and distant China, was once the greatest thoroughfare on earth. Along it travelled precious cargoes of silk, gold and ivory, as well as revolutionary new ideas. Its oasis towns blossomed into thriving centres of Buddhist art and learning. In time it began...
Who should read this book?
Valuable for university students, educators, and scholars seeking authoritative reference material and structured subject mastery.
Why Readers Pick This Edition
- You’ll be swept into a world of lost cities, buried treasures and daring expeditions along the legendary Silk Road. This book blends serious history with gripping adventure, revealing how ancient trade routes shaped art, religion and empires—and how modern explorers raced to uncover them. It’s perfect if you love immersive historical narratives that read like a quest, while still giving you rich insight into archaeology, cultural exchange and the making of museum collections.
- Published by John Murray Pubs Limited.
- Language: en.
- Page count: 288.
Catalog Description
The Silk Road, which linked imperial Rome and distant China, was once the greatest thoroughfare on earth. Along it travelled precious cargoes of silk, gold and ivory, as well as revolutionary new ideas. Its oasis towns blossomed into thriving centres of Buddhist art and learning. In time it began to decline. The traffic slowed, the merchants left and finally its towns vanished beneath the desert sands to be forgotten for a thousand years. But legends grew up of lost cities filled with treasures and guarded by demons. In the early years of the last century foreign explorers began to investigate these legends, and very soon an international race began for the art treasures of the Silk Road....
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