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Arrive in Bukhara and check-in to our hotel, located in the old town. This evening we gather and walk to a nearby restaurant for dinner. Overnight at the Devon Hotel for three nights. Begin at Labi-Hauz Plaza, at the center of the old town, and visit the nearby 16 th -century Kukeldash Madrassah, the largest Koranic school in Central Asia. Continue on to Poi Kalon, also known as the Bukhara Forum, whose 12 th -century assembly includes the Kalon Mosque and Minaret and the Mir-i-Arab Madrassah, surrounding an open plaza teeming with merchants and local vendors. Near the Kalon Mosque is the Ark Citadel, the original fortress of Bukhara, likely dating back two thousand years or more. The current structure has been built and rebuilt on the same site throughout its history. Also visit the Ismail Samani Mausoleum, the 10 th -century resting place of the founder of the Samanid Dynasty, which was buried under shifting desert sands and not re-discovered until the 20 th century. Dinner tonight will be at a local restaurant. Tuesday, June 1 — Paikent Bukhara This morning we visit the Bukhara Oasis and site of the ancient city of Paikent Poykent , whose foot-thick fortress walls date back to the 9 th century B. Conquering Arabs destroyed Paikent in B. Tour the small museum with one of the archaeologists working at the site schedule permitting. Afterwards, drive a short distance outside of the city to visit the Summer Palace of the last Emir of Bukhara. Explore its Museum of National Crafts and admire the vivid suzani , or embroidered coverlets, for which Uzbekistan is known. Return to central Bukhara for lunch at a local restaurant and some time at leisure. This evening, attend a costume show in the teahouse of a local madrassah, with a traditional dinner afterward. Continue on to Samarkand and visit the Afghan-Uzbek Silk Carpet Factory, where we learn about the process of dying and weaving the carpets. This evening, check-in to our hotel and get settled before gathering for dinner. Thursday, June 3 — Samarkand walking tour Set out this morning to explore perhaps the most well- known of Silk Road towns: Samarkand, a fabled oasis on the fringes of the Kyzyl Kum Desert, which has been settled since the 6 th century B. Tamerlane made it his capital city and gathered the finest architects, builders, and artisans of the time to enhance its beauty. Modern Samarkand is built on the ruins of ancient Afrosiab. In its reconstruction, the square maintains the majesty that it radiated through the ages. Not far away is the Gur-Emir Mausoleum, the final resting place of Tamerlane. This evening we attend a performance by a local dance troupe before dining at a local restaurant. Afterwards, drive just outside of the city to the Afrosiab History Museum, located on the site of ancient Afrosiab where excavations began under Russian rule in the 19th century and still take place today. Drive to Tashkent, arriving in time for dinner. A major caravan crossroads, it was taken by the Arabs in A. Today, it is a mixture of wide, tree-lined boulevards, 20th-century Soviet buildings, and traces of the old city with mud-walled houses, narrow winding lanes, mosques, and madrassahs. Start at the Museum of the History of the People of Uzbekistan, founded in , which features an archaeological exhibit containing fragments of mural paintings from the Afrosiab settlement and stone sculptures from the Fergana Valley. Continue on to the 16th-century Kukeldash Madrassah, part of an ensemble that marked the center of the old town. After lunch enjoy some time at leisure before gathering for a festive farewell dinner at a local restaurant. The Institute advances awareness, education, fieldwork, preservation, publication, and research of archaeological sites and cultural heritage throughout the world. Your contribution makes a difference. All Rights Reserved. Log In Register Contact Donate. Download the full brochure for details. Kaftar Khana Pigeon House at Merv. The city walls of Bukhara. View Detailed Itinerary. B,L,D Thursday, June 3 — Samarkand walking tour Set out this morning to explore perhaps the most well-known of Silk Road towns: Samarkand, a fabled oasis on the fringes of the Kyzyl Kum Desert, which has been settled since the 6 th century B. View All Tours. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. The Silk Road, a series of ancient trade routes stretching across Central Asia to Europe, evokes exotic images of camel trains laden with bales of fine Chinese silk, spices, and perfume, of desert oases surrounded by snow-capped mountains, of bustling markets thronging with travellers buying and selling grapes, coriander, Baltic amber, and Mediterranean coral. Along this The Silk Road, a series of ancient trade routes stretching across Central Asia to Europe, evokes exotic images of camel trains laden with bales of fine Chinese silk, spices, and perfume, of desert oases surrounded by snow-capped mountains, of bustling markets thronging with travellers buying and selling grapes, coriander, Baltic amber, and Mediterranean coral. Along this route, silks were sent from China to ancient Rome; princesses were dispatched in marriage alliances across the deserts; bandits and thieves launched attacks throughout history. Covering more than 5, years, this book, lavishly illustrated with photographs, manuscripts, and paintings from the collections of the British Library and other museums worldwide, presents an overall picture of the history and cultures of the Silk Road. It also contains many previously unpublished photographs by the great explorers Stein, Hedin, and Mannerheim. More than just a trade route, the Silk Road witnessed the movement of cultural influences. Frances Wood traces the story of the civilizations and ideas that flourished and moved along its vast geographical expanse. Indian Buddhism was carried into China on the Silk Road, initiating a long history of pilgrimages along the lonely desert routes; Manichaeism, Nestorian Christianity, and Islam also made their way eastwards along its route. The nineteenth century saw a new interest in Central Asia and the Silk Road, as Russia and Britain vied for power on the frontiers of Afghanistan. A new breed of explorer, part archaeologist, part cartographer, part spy, was seen on the Silk Road, while some of the ancient cities, long buried in sand-blown dunes, began to give up their secrets. This book brings the history of the Silk Road alive--from its beginnings to the present day, revealing a rich history still in the making. Get A Copy. Paperback , pages. More Details Original Title. Other Editions 3. Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about The Silk Road , please sign up. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 3. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Sep 11, Grace Tjan rated it really liked it Shelves: history , wanderlust , This book is a well-illustrated, very readable introduction to the Silk Road and the various countries that it traverses. Wood's brisk narration is lively, and she has a knack for selecting interesting passages from various travelers reports on the area, from Marco Polo who Wood believes to have never traveled to China at all to Aurel Stein, whose controversial excavations at Dunhuang shed light on esoteric documents that had been sealed up in a cave for a thousand years. Besides Western This book is a well-illustrated, very readable introduction to the Silk Road and the various countries that it traverses. Besides Western travelers, we also hear from Asian sources such as Faxian and Xuantang, the famous Tang-dynasty monk who brought Buddhist scriptures to China. For those enamored of the romance and mystery of the Silk Road, this book does not disappoint in its generous depiction of lost cities, buried treasures, exotic goods and ancient legends. View all 3 comments. I've been aware for about a year and a half that Central Asia was a major gap in my knowledge of history. I hoped that this book would help fill that in and it had plenty of solid information in it, mixed in with surprising anecdotes from the ancient chronicles. It talks about the history of quite a few of the peoples who've lived in the region, or at any rate the history of their dealings with China and Europe. For most of them it does a good job of giving a sense of where these peoples came I've been aware for about a year and a half that Central Asia was a major gap in my knowledge of history. For most of them it does a good job of giving a sense of where these peoples came from and so forth to distinguish one from another by, though it's hard to piece together the timeline of civilizations in any of the cities that lasted through several of them. This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Mar 14, Dennis Boccippio rated it liked it Shelves: history. My interest in central Asia has been piqued since a recent homestay trip in Mongolia. Since then, the "-istan's", for me hidden behind the opacity of the Cold War for most of my life, have been a source of mild intrigue. Reading "The Silk Road" has added significant color - if not necessarily clarity - to my familiarity with the tangled history of the region. The book is readable, if not necessarily fully accessible, to non-academics, presuming significant familiarity with the region and its My interest in central Asia has been piqued since a recent homestay trip in Mongolia. The book is readable, if not necessarily fully accessible, to non-academics, presuming significant familiarity with the region and its peoples both past and present. While not "lavishly" illustrated, it certainly draws from an eclectic sample of material which keeps the interest level up. Descriptions and details are rich. The historical narrative is far from linear, and overall the book would have benefitted from a greater use of maps than the single, stylized map in the front matter. I wouldn't recommend this book as a casual read, although for fans of history - specifically multicultural and oft-overlooked corners of world history - it may be worth the plunge. Aug 08, Jenny rated it liked it. I read the paperback edition of this book and it has no maps in it which is significant since the book is about the exploration of the Silk Road. Other editions have end paper maps. The author explains that she tried to use the best known of the names for the places in the book, however some of the choices make it difficult to locate the places referenced on modern maps and others sound very dated -- using Peking rather than Beijing, for example. The Silk Road uses pages of text and I read the paperback edition of this book and it has no maps in it which is significant since the book is about the exploration of the Silk Road. The Silk Road uses pages of text and photographs to cover more than years of history with an emphasis on European encounters with The Silk Road and its history. More information the people and cultures along the Silk Road would have been interesting. Jul 12, Ayse Arf rated it liked it. A really good introduction to the Silk Road and it's metamorphoses over time. It's not the most comprehensive history, but that's sort of what makes it good. There's such a huge amount of information about this trade route's thousands of years of history that dwelling on the details would have made this book totally inaccessible for the casual reader. I may not remember from reading this which languages were at which times and in which places lingua franca on the road, but I at least remember A really good introduction to the Silk Road and it's metamorphoses over time. I may not remember from reading this which languages were at which times and in which places lingua franca on the road, but I at least remember what most of the languages were. I gave it three stars just to indicate that if you want a really detailed or meticulously organized history, this isn't really it in the traditional sense. The Silk Road: Two Thousand Years in the Heart of Asia by Frances Wood | LibraryThing

The Silk Road, a series of ancient trade routes stretching across Central Asia to Europe, evokes exotic images of camel trains laden with bales of fine Chinese silk, spices, and perfume, of desert oases surrounded by snow-capped mountains, of bustling markets thronging with travellers buying and selling grapes, coriander, Baltic amber, and Mediterranean coral. Along this route, silks were sent from China to ancient Rome; princesses were dispatched in marriage alliances across the deserts; bandits and thieves launched attacks throughout history. Covering more than 5, years, this book, lavishly illustrated with photographs, manuscripts, and paintings from the collections of the British Library and other museums worldwide, presents an overall picture of the history and cultures of the Silk Road. It also contains many previously unpublished photographs by the great explorers Stein, Hedin, and Mannerheim. Pre-Soviet, pre-Mongol, pre-Islam, the civilization that was here remains something of a mystery, though it likely was Zoroastrian, the monotheistic Persian religion founded in the sixth century B. Our yurt encampment—a hotel, as most people live in towns now—is on a hill that is home to Ayaz Kala, the windy fort. It is cohabited by a tour group of Australians and Germans, and Rano, the proprietress—every bit a woman of the steppes, with her chiseled Mongolian features, long flowered blouse over trousers, and black velvet slippers—is busy overseeing the reinstallation of a red-framed yurt that blew away in a windstorm the week before. Of course, as an American, I know I am especially susceptible to the magic of ancient things. But the fact that there are no other tourists, no placards, paths, or even graffiti, makes this moment exceptional. There is something exhilarating about having made it so far from home and feeling so entirely oneself. My chock-full and varied itinerary was excellently planned and coordinated by Silk Road Treasure Tours , based in New Jersey. Its owner Zulya Rajabova, originally from Bukhara, arranged a guide and drivers for the duration. I recommend a guide as the logistics of travel involve some Soviet-style holdovers, such as a passport for domestic train travel and proof that each night was spent in a hotel. The official exchange rate while I was there was 3, sum to the dollar; our guide gave us a rate of 6, Do bring cash, though large purchases can generally be done on credit cards. Tashkent is a haul—getting there takes around 15 hours in the air from New York on Turkish Airlines via Istanbul; Uzbekistan Airways, however, has a shorter flight from New York with a brief stopover in Riga. Travelling domestically, take the clean and speedy Afrosiyob train whenever possible. The best time to visit is May to November, though summer temperatures can top In the city of Nukus in Karacalpakstan which you can fly or drive to , the museum mentioned is called the Savitsky Collection , which has the most Russian avant-garde art outside of the Russian Museum in St. Petersburg, and an extensive collection of local artifacts. Unfortunately, key pieces to the collection were on loan to the Pushkin Museum in Moscow when I was there. The hotels we stayed in were always comfortable, though not strictly luxury. In Tashkent, the City Palace Hotel is a modern tower with pretty, tiled swimming pools and a lavish breakfast. In Bukhara, the Devon Begi was a good, small hotel in the old city, which made walking everywhere easy. The Hotel Grand Samarkand Superior was well put together and immaculate. But my favorites came at the end of our trip: the Ayaz-Qala Yurt Camp, the cozy yurts decorated with colorful tapestries inside, with shared, clean bathrooms, and the lovely Orient Star Khiva , a transformed 19th-century madrassa where rooms have been retrofitted with A. The national dish is plov , made with seasoned rice, beef or lamb, carrots, onions, and sometimes yellow raisins. At the popular Plov Center in Tashkent, you can watch the men cook outside in giant cast iron pots over fires. A word to the wise: horse meat is prevalent in Tashkent as an add-on to plov and in mixed meat platters. Beef and lamb shashlik served on very long, flat skewers is a tasty option, readily found at restaurants, high and low. In Khiva, try the dill pasta, called shivit oshi , and I enjoyed lagman noodles at the bustling, brightly lit Shohona restaurant in Tashkent. Keep an eye out for Korean salads, which, when I found them, were a good counterbalance to the meat dishes, as is the ever-present hot green tea. For additional information, see the Global Shipping Program terms and conditions - opens in a new window or tab This amount includes applicable customs duties, taxes, brokerage and other fees. For additional information, see the Global Shipping Program terms and conditions - opens in a new window or tab. Estimated between Wed. Estimated delivery dates - opens in a new window or tab include seller's handling time, origin ZIP Code, destination ZIP Code and time of acceptance and will depend on shipping service selected and receipt of cleared payment - opens in a new window or tab. Delivery times may vary, especially during peak periods. Please note the delivery estimate is greater than 6 business days. Please allow additional time if international delivery is subject to customs processing. Special financing available. 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Your use of the site and services is subject to these policies and terms. Members Reviews Popularity Average rating Mentions 2 55, 3. Along this route, silks were sent from China to ancient Rome; princesses were dispatched in marriage alliances across the deserts; bandits and thieves launched attacks throughout history. Covering more than 5, years, this book, lavishly illustrated with photographs, manuscripts, and paintings from the collections of the British Library and other museums worldwide, presents an overall picture of the history and cultures of the Silk Road. It also contains many previously unpublished photographs by the great explorers Stein, Hedin, and Mannerheim. More than just a trade route, the Silk Road witnessed the movement of cultural influences. Frances Wood traces the story of the civilizations and ideas that flourished and moved along its vast geographical expanse. Indian Buddhism was carried into China on the Silk Road, initiating a long history of pilgrimages along the lonely desert routes; Manichaeism, Nestorian Christianity, and Islam also made their way eastwards along its route. The nineteenth century saw a new interest in Central Asia and the Silk Road, as Russia and Britain vied for power on the frontiers of Afghanistan. A new breed of explorer, part archaeologist, part cartographer, part spy, was seen on the Silk Road, while some of the ancient cities, long buried in sand-blown dunes, began to give up their secrets. This book brings the history of the Silk Road alive--from its beginnings to the present day, revealing a rich history still in the making. Folio Society No current Talk conversations about this book. Django Sep 8, You must log in to edit Common Knowledge data. Silk Road. References to this work on external resources. The Silk Road, a series of ancient trade routes stretching across Central Asia to Europe, evokes exotic images of camel trains laden with bales of fine Chinese silk, spices, and perfume, of desert oases surrounded by snow-capped mountains, of bustling markets thronging with travellers buying and selling grapes, coriander, Baltic amber, and Mediterranean coral. No library descriptions found. Book description. Haiku summary. Prior to that the square was for artisans, announcements, executions, and sand. The other defining feature of the city, besides ancient architecture of enormous scale and copious detail, is that it is imbued with stories: not just fictional stories of Scheherazade and Aladdin, with their supernatural tilt, but stories based in fact, many of them centered around Emir king Timur, a 14th-century ruler whose empire stretched from Delhi to Constantinople. I find Timur to be an intriguing contradiction. Though responsible for the deaths of millions, he was multilingual, an expert chess player, and also passionate about architecture. He built the mosque for her, but its construction was interrupted by the Persian architect who fell in love with her, who may or may not have been thrown from a tower. The table is replete with salads, fresh fruits, fried appetizers, nuts, and green tea, all served on pakhta gul china, the royal blue—and—white pattern found at almost every meal. Its design is based on the cotton boll, which has been harvested here for centuries, but especially since the s, when Russia lost its supply from the American South and turned to Central Asia. Zanifa, the chef, is an accountant by training. She greets us and disappears as her boys serve dimlama, a tender beef stew. Only after dark, when she has broken the Ramadan fast, does she come sit with us and her mother, a very lively year-old and a former biologist. This unexpectedness carries me forward, to the city of Nukus, where an artist named Igor Savitsky set up a museum of thousands of Russian avant-garde paintings in the desert, partly funded by the Soviet government that later condemned it. Pre-Soviet, pre-Mongol, pre-Islam, the civilization that was here remains something of a mystery, though it likely was Zoroastrian, the monotheistic Persian religion founded in the sixth century B. Our yurt encampment—a hotel, as most people live in towns now—is on a hill that is home to Ayaz Kala, the windy fort. It is cohabited by a tour group of Australians and Germans, and Rano, the proprietress—every bit a woman of the steppes, with her chiseled Mongolian features, long flowered blouse over trousers, and black velvet slippers—is busy overseeing the reinstallation of a red- framed yurt that blew away in a windstorm the week before. Of course, as an American, I know I am especially susceptible to the magic of ancient things. But the fact that there are no other tourists, no placards, paths, or even graffiti, makes this moment exceptional. There is something exhilarating about having made it so far from home and feeling so entirely oneself. My chock-full and varied itinerary was excellently planned and coordinated by Silk Road Treasure Tours , based in New Jersey. Its owner Zulya Rajabova, originally from Bukhara, arranged a guide and drivers for the duration. I recommend a guide as the logistics of travel involve some Soviet-style holdovers, such as a passport for domestic train travel and proof that each night was spent in a hotel. The official exchange rate while I was there was 3, sum to the dollar; our guide gave us a rate of 6, Do bring cash, though large purchases can generally be done on credit cards. Tashkent is a haul—getting there takes around 15 hours in the air from New York on Turkish Airlines via Istanbul; Uzbekistan Airways, however, has a shorter flight from New York with a brief stopover in Riga. Travelling domestically, take the clean and speedy Afrosiyob train whenever possible. The best time to visit is May to November, though summer temperatures can top In the city of Nukus in Karacalpakstan which you can fly or drive to , the museum mentioned is called the Savitsky Collection , which has the most Russian avant-garde art outside of the Russian Museum in St. Petersburg, and an extensive collection of local artifacts. Unfortunately, key pieces to the collection were on loan to the Pushkin Museum in Moscow when I was there. The hotels we stayed in were always comfortable, though not strictly luxury. In Tashkent, the City Palace Hotel is a modern tower with pretty, tiled swimming pools and a lavish breakfast. In Bukhara, the Devon Begi was a good, small hotel in the old city, which made walking everywhere easy. The Hotel Grand Samarkand Superior was well put together and immaculate. But my favorites came at the end of our trip: the Ayaz-Qala Yurt Camp, the cozy yurts decorated with colorful tapestries inside, with shared, clean bathrooms, and the lovely Orient Star Khiva , a transformed 19th-century madrassa where rooms have been retrofitted with A. The national dish is plov , made with seasoned rice, beef or lamb, carrots, onions, and sometimes yellow raisins. At the popular Plov Center in Tashkent, you can watch the men cook outside in giant cast iron pots over fires. A word to the wise: horse meat is prevalent in Tashkent as an add-on to plov and in mixed meat platters. Beef and lamb shashlik served on very long, flat skewers is a tasty option, readily found at restaurants, high and low. In Khiva, try the dill pasta, called shivit oshi , and I enjoyed lagman noodles at the bustling, brightly lit Shohona restaurant in Tashkent. Keep an eye out for Korean salads, which, when I found them, were a good counterbalance to the meat dishes, as is the ever-present hot green tea. You can easily find beer and wine in Uzbekistan, Samarkand red wine in particular. Liquor was not so much in evidence. Before you set off to see the country, visit the charming, well-curated Museum of Applied Arts in Tashkent, which shows a range of the major handicrafts from the last hundred years. In Bukhara, you can purchase suzani pillow covers, bedspreads, and tablecloths , ikat, carpets, ceramics or visit the nearby town of G'ijduvan , handmade knives, and miniature paintings.

The Silk Road: Two Thousand Years in the Heart of Asia by Frances Wood

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