An elegantly, lavishly illustrated history of the legendary Silk Road and the cultural pathway it blazed for the modern world.
Spanning centuries of history, this engrossing book--created in conjunction with the world-famous American Museum of Natural History--takes an epic journey to major stops in China, Uzbekistan, Iraq, and beyond. Not only did people from many lands trade their goods along this incredible network of routes, they also exchanged their languages, religions, art, and technology in what can be seen as man's first engagement in globalization.
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Mark Norell is curator and chair for the division of paleontology at the American Museum of Natural History. He earned his PhD from Yale University prior to coming to the museum. His recent books include Discovering Dinosaurs (1995), A Nest of Dinosaurs (2000), Unearthing the Dragon (2005), and the coffee table book The Dinosaur Hunters: The Extraordinary Story of the Men and Women Who Discovered Prehistoric Life, published with co-author Lowell Dingus in 2008. Dr. Norell lives in New York City.
Denise Leidy is curator for the department of Asian Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. She received her Masters degree and Ph.D. from Columbia University and has traveled widely on the Silk Road. She published The Art of Buddhism: An Introduction to Its History and Meaning last year and has also written a new catalogue of the Chinese Buddhist and Daoist sculpture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She curated an exhibition on Khubilai Khan and the Mongols in China that opened in November 2010. Dr. Leidy lives in New York City.
In 2006, to celebrate my 70th birthday, my wife and I backpacked with a small group across Central Asia, along the ancient Silk Road from Beijing to Istanbul. The romance and history of the journey was an astonishing experience; one which this wonderful book recreates so well with its evocative pictures and old maps. The only slight criticism I might make is that it publishes several wonderful colour photographs of merchants and markets without telling us that they are an amazing 100 years old; taken by the pioneering Russian photographer Probudin Gorsky - Google his name! But that's just a minor quibble. If you want to buy a book about the Silk Road, this should be the one!
This is a gorgeous book that transports the reader in time and place. Beautifully presented and extremely readable, it makes a special gift for anyone who loves travel or for oneself!
i recived this book . I opeened it and started to read it and read it cover to cover. My mother also commented on the beautiful pages. When i was done, I passed the book onto my mother who also enjoyed the bookf rom cover to cover.
