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100			_aDean, Riaz
245			_aStone tower : Ptolemy, the silk road, and a 2,000-year-old riddle
260			_bPenguin Viking India, _c2022 _aGurugram :
300			_axiv, 225 p. ; _bill. (b & w), map, _c23 cm
365			_b599.00 _cINR _d01
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aA path traversed by caravans laden with silk, spices and much more besides, the old Silk Road influenced trade, religions, cultures and economies across Europe, Asia and far beyond. In his latest book, Riaz Dean blends the best of this region’s history and geography with ancient cartography to solve a 2,000-year-old riddle that has perplexed scholars for centuries: Where was the Stone Tower that the great geographer Claudius Ptolemy had written about? This highly significant but now-lost landmark represented the midpoint and thumping heart of the Silk Road, as merchant caravans plied their wares between the Occident and the Orient. From the significance of the Heavenly Horses to the intrigues of geopolitics and war between clans and kingdoms, Dean brings to life the legendary Silk Road even as his evocative narrative and meticulous research pinpoints the Stone Tower’s probable location somewhere by the so-called Roof of the World.
650			_aHistorical Geography
650			_aTravel
650			_aSilk road
650			_aPtolemy, Claudius -- 100-178
650			_aAfghanistan
650			_aBactrian Empire
650			_aCentral Asia
650			_aChina
650			_aDunhuang
650			_aEuphrates River
650			_aGeographia
650			_a Gold
650			_aGreek-Roman
650			_aHan Dynasty
650			_aKushan Empire
650			_aJade Gate
650			_aMongols
650			_aMughal Dynasty
650			_aNile River, delta
650			_a Sogdians
650			_aTarim Basin
650			_aWestern Regions
650			_a Xiongnu Empire
650			_aYuezhi
650			_aZhang Qian
650			_aAncient Cartography
650			_aCiaudius Ptolemy
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