This is not so much a history of the Silk Road as it is of the empires that presided over it and the consumption it enabled for their elites. It’s a good overview for people seeking an introduction to the history of the region, but anyone seeking a more detailed analysis of the route would be better...
bookshelves: published-2010, nonfiction, e-book, spring-2015, skim-through, tbr-busting-2015, under-100-ratings, next Read on May 29, 2015 Opening: From the time Eurasians started using polished stone tools to plant and harvest crops and to keep domesticated animals, they began to split into tw...
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