Paul Wilson

Silk Roads: A Route & Planning Guide

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Silk Road was never a single thread but an intricate web of trade routes linking Asia and Europe. Includes Turkey, Syria, Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan and China.

Produktdetails

• Silk Roads: A Route & Planning
• Verlag: Trailblazer Publications
• 3 ed
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: Januar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 182mm x 121mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 430g
• ISBN-13: 9781905864324
• ISBN-10: 1905864329
• Artikelnr.: 28368641

Autorenporträt

By Paul A. Wilson

Inhaltsangabe

INTRODUCTION – PART 1: PLANNING YOUR TRIP 1.1 Routes, costs and making a
booking – Route options – Costs – When to go – Making a booking – Visas –
1.2Before you leave – Who to go with – What to take – Vaccinations and
health safeguards – Background reading – Internet Resources
PART 2: THE SILK ROAD 2.1 History – The route – Alexander the Great – Zhang
Qian – The Parthian Shot – The Royal Purple – No more secrets – A New
Golden Age – The Mongols – Pax Mongolica – The end – Map Key
PART 3: THE MIDDLE EAST 3.1 Facts about the region – Geographical
background – History – The people and their religion – 3.2 Practical
information for the visitor – The route – Documents – Climate –
Accommodation – Travel agencies and tourist information – Transport –
Electricity – Time – Money – Communications – National holidays – Customs
and Attitudes – Food – Drink – 3.3 Istanbul History – Istanbul today – What
to see – Practical information – 3.4Cappadocia History – Cappadocia today –
What to see – Practical information – 3.5Antakya History – What to see –
Practical information – 3.6 Aleppo History – What to see – Practical
information – 3.7 Hama What to see – Practical information – 3.8 Palmyra
History – What to see – Practical information – 3.9 Damascus History –
Damascus today – What to see – Practical information – 3.10Malatya/Kahta
What to see – Practical information – 3.11Erzurum What to see – Practical
information – 3.12 Dogubeyazit What to see – Practical information – 3.13
Tabriz What to see – Practical information – 3.14Ghazvin What to see –
Practical information – 3.15Tehran What to see – Practical information –
3.16Esfahan History – What to see – Practical information – 3.17Shiraz
What to see – Practical information – 3.18Mashad What to see – Practical
information –
PART 4: CENTRAL ASIA 4.1 Facts about the region Geographical background –
History (Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan) – The people – 4.2 Practical
information for the visitor The route – Documents – Climate – Accommodation
– Safety – Travel agencies and tourist information – Transport –
Electricity – Time – Money – Communications – National holidays – Food –
Drink – 4.3 Mary and Merv History – What to see – Practical information –
4.4 Ashgabat History – What to see – Practical information – 4.5
Konye-Urgench History – What to see – Practical information – 4.6 Nukus
History – What to see – Practical information – 4.7 Urgench Practical
information – 4.8 Khiva History – What to see – Practical information –
4.9 Bukhara History – What to see – Practical information – 4.10 Samarkand
History – What to see – Practical information – 4.11 Tashkent History –
What to see – Practical information – 4.12 The Ferghana Valley History –
Practical information – 4.13 Osh What to see – Practical information –
4.14 Bishkek What to see – Practical information – 4.15 Issyk Kul
PART 5: PAKISTAN AND THE KARAKORUM HIGHWAY 5.1Facts about the region
Geographical background – History – The people – The Economy – Religion –
5.2Practical information for the visitor The route – Documents – Climate –
Accommodation – Travel agencies and tourist information – Transport –
Electricity – Time – Money – Communications – National holidays – Food –
Drink – Social customs – Attitudes – Activities – Shopping – 5.3Passu
Practical information – Hiking around Passu – 5.4The Hunza and Nagar
Valleys History 5.5Karimabad What to see – Practical information – 5.6
Gilgit History – What to see – Practical information – 5.7Rawalpindi and
Islamabad What to see – Practical information
PART 6: CHINA 6.1 Facts about the country Geographical background – History
– The people and religion – 6.2 Practical information for the visitor The
route – Documents – Climate – Accommodation – Travel agencies and tourist
information – Transport – Electricity – Time – Money – Communications –
National holidays – Preserving your sanity – Food – Drink – 6.3 Xinjiang
Geographical background – History – Kashgar (What to see, Practical
information) – Kuqa (What to see, Practical information) – Korla – Turfan
(History, What to see, Practical information) – The Southern Taklamakan
route (Khotan, Charklik) 6.4 Dunhuang History – What to see – Practical
information – 6.5 Jiayuguan History – What to see – Practical information –
6.6 Lanzhou History – What to see – Practical information – 6.7 Xi'an
History – What to see – Excursions – Practical information – 6.8 Datong
What to see – Practical information – 6.9 Beijing History – What to see –
Excursions – Practical information
APPENDIX Useful phrases
INDEX