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The Silk Road : trade, travel, war and faith

This book was copied from the amazing and wonderful PAHAR: Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset, a labor of love by two dedicated and talented historians. We encourage you to visit them, and subscribe to their list for updates on new books as they are uploaded. · 366 pages : 30 cm · Catalog of an exhibition held at the British Library May 7-Sept. 12, 2004 · Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-353) and index · The rise of Sogdian merchants and the role of the Huns : the historical importance of the ancient Sogdian letters / Etienne de la Vaissière -- How much for a camel? : a new understanding of money on the Silk Road before A.D. 800 / Helen Wang -- Iranians, Indians, Chinese and Tibetans : the rulers and ruled of Khotan in the first millennium / Prods Oktor Skjærvø -- Jade and the Silk Road : trade and tribute in the first millennium / Carol Michaelson -- The Tibetan military system and its activities from Khotan to Lop-Nor / Tsuguhito Takeuchi -- Official life at Dunhuang in the tenth century : the case of Cao Yuanzhong / Rong Xinjiang -- Where chan and tantra meet : Tibetan syncretism in Dunhuang / Sam van Schaik and Jacob Dalton -- Dunhuang characters and the d

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