The Silk Roads by Paul Wilson

The Silk Roads by Paul Wilson

The greatest trade route of all timeThe Silk Road was never a single thread across Asia but an intricate web of shorter routes Silk Roads which together linked the Pacific Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea. This guidebook is the first to cover these routes in their entirety and with it you can retrace the Golden Road to Samarkand, follow in the footsteps of Alexander the Great, Genghis Khan and Marco Polo, and travel the length of the Great Wall of China. With detailed information on over 10,000km (6000 miles) of overland routes both by road and rail, this guide includes: Planning your trip Information for all budgets whether you re an independent traveller or joining a group Practical information For travellers in Syria, Turkey, Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan and China 60 city guides with maps Where to stay, where to eat and what to see in 60 stopovers along the way, including: Istanbul, Goreme, Antakya, Aleppo, Hama, Palmyra, Damascus, Malatya, Erzurum, Do?gubeyazit, Tabriz, Ghazvin, Tehran, Esfahan, Shiraz, Mashad, Merv, Ashgabat, Konye-Urgench, Nukus, Khiva, Bukhara, Samarkand, Tashkent, Osh, Bishkek, Issyk Kul, Song Kul, Karimabad, Gilgit, Rawalpindi, Islamabad, Kashgar, Kuqa, Turfan, Khotan, Dunhuang, Jiayuguan, Lanzhou, Xi an, Pingyao, Datong and Beijing Also includes lesser-known routes Southern Taklamakan, Kashgar Rawalpindi (Karakorum Highway), Marco Polo s route to Xanadu Extensive history of the Silk Roads Useful phrases Arabic, Farsi, Russian and Chinese Includes 60 maps

Paul Wilson is a self-described spiritual uncomplicator. Wilson is also known for bein a teacher, author, musician and more. He previously wrote a syndicated newspaper column on meditation and peacefulness that had a weekly audience of several million readers. He is most known for writing over a dozen books with the word 'calm' in the title. His books have been translated into two dozen languages and sold over 10 million copies.

SKU	GOR004406268
ISBN 13	9781873756539
ISBN 10	1873756534
Title	The Silk Roads
Author	Paul Wilson
Condition	Very Good
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Trailblazer Publications
Year published	2003-04-23
Number of pages	320
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