TY - BOOK AU - Hansen,Valerie TI - The Silk Road: a new history SN - 9780195159318 (hardcover : acidfree paper) AV - DS33.1 .H36 2012 U1 - 950.1 23 PY - 2012/// CY - Oxford, New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Historic sites KW - Silk Road KW - Trade routes KW - Asia KW - History KW - Sources KW - Description and travel KW - History, Local N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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 ER -