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Wu Fangsi/1 Spelling Notes
1 "endless stream"/1
Jade pig, dragon cicada and thin wool products: jade and silk/17
3 From Greece and Rome to China /26
Four-day Abandoned Son Xiongnu and Trade in Han Dynasty /36
5 Trade and the Spread of Religion: Toxoplasma and Sioux /47
6 Central Asia Fashion /59
Seven Thousand Buddha Cave: Buddhism on the Silk Road /7 1
8 Tangut people, Mongols, Nie Storey missionaries and Kyle Polo /9 1
9 Rose Garden: A Journey to the Ming Empire and Samarkand/109
10 Competition and Silk Road/125
1 1 In the cold arms of Asia: explorers on the Silk Road/14 1
12 booty and die hard: hunting and silk road theory/154
13 sample: ohrel Stein/164.
14 End of excavation: Pelliot, Von Lekirk and Werner/179.
Commander15: Journey to the Silk Road in 1930s/192
Today's Silk Road /2 10
Citation notes /2 13
Illustration list /232
Thanks/241;
Whenever I spell some place names, I always feel that this is the most complicated book I have ever written. The vast territory, thousands of years of history, the rise and fall of some very unique civilizations and their languages (some of which can only be partially interpreted), and the conceit of many authors who record their travel life in this area make it extremely difficult to choose a local translation. ...