The Silk Road. Two Thousands Years in the Heart of Asia

"A ceaselessy flowing stream of life"; Coiled dragons and fimy fleeces: jade and silk; From Greece and Rome to China- and back again; A people abandoned by heaven: the Xiongnu and trade during the Han dinasty; The spread of trade and religions: Tocharians and Sogdians The fashion for all things Central Asian; The caves of the toushands buddhas; Tanguts, Mongols, Nestorians and Marco Polo; A parterre of roses: travellers to Ming China and Samarkand