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Foreign Devils on the Silk Road
Peter Hopkirk
其他書名
The Search for the Lost Cities and Treasures of Chinese Central Asia
出版Oxford University Press, 1984
ISBN01928148779780192814876
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=KxDDQgAACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋The Silk Road, the great trans-Asian highway linking Imperial Rome to China, reached the height of its importance during the T'ang Dynasty. Along it travelled precious cargoes as well as new ideas, art and knowledge. Its oasis towns blossomed into thriving centres of trade. However, as the Chinese lost control of the region, it began to decline to the point where the towns disappeared beneath desert sands. Local legends grew of buried treasure guarded by demons.