"During the first millennium B.C.E. through the middle of the second millennium C.E., a vast network of trade routes known as the "Silk Road" linked the people and traditions of Asia with those of Europe. These historic routes served as a major conduit for the transport of knowledge, information and material goods between East and West and resulted in the first global exchange of scientific and cultural traditions."
from "The Silk Road Project" www.silkroadproject.org/silkroad/overview.html
FICTION (set along the route)
The Stone Woman by Tariq Ali
The Warlord by Malcolm Bosse
Horses of Heaven by Gillian Bradshaw
The Court of the Lion: a novel of the T'ang Dynasty by Eleanor Cooney
The Black Rose by Thomas Costain
A Mapmaker's Dream by James Cowan
Orlok by Don Dandrea
Legend of the Yellow River by Somerset S. De Chair
Manchu by Robert S. Elegant
The Mulberry Empire: or, the two virtuous journeys of the Amir
Dost Mohammed Khan by Philip Hensher
The Journeyer by Gary Jennings
The Far Pavilions by M. M. Kaye
Silk Road: a novel of eighth-century China by Jeanne Larsen
Leo Africanus by Amin Maalouf
Caravan to Xanadu, a novel of Marco Polo by Edison Marshall
Caravans by James Michener
Lost in Translation by Nicole Mones
The Virgin's Knot by Holly Payne
The Siege of Isfahan by Jean-Christophe Rufin
Ruler of the Sky: a novel of Genghis Khan by Pamela Sargent
NONFICTION of historical interestThe Mummies of Urumchi by E. J. W. Barber
Ultimate Journey: retracing the path of an ancient Buddhist
monk who crossed Asia in search of enlightenment by Richard Bernstein
The Golden Road to Samarkand by Wilfred Blunt
Storm & Sorrow in the High Pamirs by Robert W. Craig
Buddhist Cave Paintings at Tun-huang by Basil Gray
Monks and Merchants: Silk Road treasures from Northwest
China: Gansu and Ningxia, 4th-7th century by Annette Juliano
The Great Wall of China: stories and reflections by Franz Kafka
The Carpet Wars: from Kabul to Baghdad: a ten-year journey
along ancient trade routes by Christopher Kremmer
Mapping the Silk Road and Beyond: 2,000 years of exploring the East
by Kenneth Nebenzahl
The Travels of Marco Polo, the Venetian by Marco Polo
The Afghan Amulet: travels from the Hindu Kush to Ruzgrad by Sheila Paine
BIOGRAPHIES
Silk Roads: the Asian adventures of Clara and Andre Malraux by Axel Madsen
Aurel Stein: Pioneer of the Silk Road by Annabel Walker
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Last Updated: January 12, 2012