Mapping the Silk Road: The Riddle of Ptolemy's Stone Tower - Hardcover
by Riaz Dean
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Language:EnglishPublisher:CasemateISBN-13:9781636246093ISBN-10:1636246095UPC:9781636246093Book Category:History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Ancient, Archaeology, AsiaBook Topic:Central AsiaProduct ID:SC7MVDWSXQ
Uncovers the long-mystery location of the Stone Tower, the Silk Road's ancient midpoint, and explores its historical, cultural, and trade significance.
For over 2,000 years, the precise location of the Stone Tower--the midpoint of the ancient Silk Road, where caravans traveling between Europe and Asia paused to rest, trade, and resupply--has remained a mystery. Claudius Ptolemy (AD 90-168), an...
For over 2,000 years, the precise location of the Stone Tower--the midpoint of the ancient Silk Road, where caravans traveling between Europe and Asia paused to rest, trade, and resupply--has remained a mystery. Claudius Ptolemy (AD 90-168), an...
Language:EnglishPublisher:CasemateISBN-13:9781636246093ISBN-10:1636246095UPC:9781636246093Book Category:History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Ancient, Archaeology, AsiaBook Topic:Central AsiaProduct ID:SC7MVDWSXQ
Dean, Riaz: - Riaz Dean has travelled much of the area described in this book, including the two halves of what was once Turkestan, and to the Roof of the World which divides them. He collects old maps and books about the exploration of this region, and has written of the ancient Silk Road and its mapping. Born and raised in the Fiji Islands, he subsequently lived on three continents before...
Publisher: Casemate
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