This volume centres on how the exchange routes transformed the frontier regions of the Silk Road. In doing so, it utilises a range of methods to reach an archae

This gorgeously illustrated oversized book brings the history and cultures of the Silk Road alive -- from its beginnings to the present day -- covering more tha

During the latter decades of the 19th century, popular European fascination with the world beyond reached an all-time high. The British and French empires spann