The Silk Road : a new history - Hansen, Valerie, 1958- (Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2012)
At the Crossroads of Central Asia : The Kingdom of Kroraina -- Gateway to the Languages of the Silk Road : Kucha and the Kizil Caves -- Midway Between China and Iran : Turfan -- Homeland of the Sogdians, the Silk Road Traders : Samarkand and Sogdiana -- The Cosmopolitan Terminus of the Silk Road : Historic Chang'an, Modern-day Xi'an -- The Time Capsule of Silk Road History : The Dunhuang Caves -- Entryway into Xinjiang for Buddhism and Islam : Khotan -- Conclusion: The History of the Overland Routes Through Central Asia.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Historic sites -- Silk Road; Trade routes -- Asia -- History; Silk Road -- History; Silk Road -- History -- Sources; Silk Road -- Description and travel; Silk Road -- History, Local