This volume includes outstanding scientific articles on documents written in ancient languages such as Tocharian, Sogdian, Khotanese, and Old Uyghur. Its chief

This book presents outstanding articles addressing various aspects related to the ancient Silk Road, in particular the cultural, political, and economic interac

The ancient trade routes that made up the Silk Road were some of the great conduits of cultural and material exchange in world history. In this intriguing book,

The Silk Road, which has been understood as a generalized route of trade between the East and the West, is different from European, North African, and Near East

The Silk Road: A Very Short Introduction is a new look at an ancient subject: the silk road that linked China, India, Persia and the Mediterranean across the ex