Foreign Devils on the Silk Road

Foreign Devils on the Silk Road
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Publisher : Hachette UK
Total Pages : 300
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ISBN-10 : 9781848546325
ISBN-13 : 1848546327
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Book Synopsis Foreign Devils on the Silk Road by : Peter Hopkirk

Download or read book Foreign Devils on the Silk Road written by Peter Hopkirk and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2011-09-15 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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