Walking to Samarkand: The Great Silk Road from Persia to Central Asia
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Published
Tantor Media, Inc., 2022.
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11h 9m 0s
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eAudiobook
Language
English
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9798765016114

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Bernard Ollivier., Bernard Ollivier|AUTHOR., & Nigel Patterson|READER. (2022). Walking to Samarkand: The Great Silk Road from Persia to Central Asia . Tantor Media, Inc..

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Bernard Ollivier, Bernard Ollivier|AUTHOR and Nigel Patterson|READER. 2022. Walking to Samarkand: The Great Silk Road From Persia to Central Asia. Tantor Media, Inc.

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Bernard Ollivier, Bernard Ollivier|AUTHOR and Nigel Patterson|READER. Walking to Samarkand: The Great Silk Road From Persia to Central Asia Tantor Media, Inc, 2022.

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Bernard Ollivier, Bernard Ollivier|AUTHOR, and Nigel Patterson|READER. Walking to Samarkand: The Great Silk Road From Persia to Central Asia Tantor Media, Inc., 2022.

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After crossing the final mountain passes of Turkish Kurdistan, Ollivier sets foot in Iran, keen on locating vestiges of the silk trade as he passes through Persia's modern cities and traditional villages, including Tabriz, Tehran, Nishapur, and the holy city of Mashhad. Beyond urban areas lie deserts: first Iran's Great Salt Desert, then Turkmenistan's forbidding Karakum, whose relentless sun, snakes, and scorpions pose continuous challenges to Ollivier's goal of reaching Uzbekistan.

Setting his own fears aside, he travels on, wonderstruck at every turn, borne by a childhood dream: to see for himself the golden domes and turquoise skies of Samarkand, one of Central Asia's most ancient cities. But what Ollivier enjoys most are the people along the way: Askar, the hospitable gardener, the pilgrims of Mashhad, and his knights in shining armor, Mehdi and Monir. For, despite setting out alone, he comes to find that walking itself-through a kind of alchemy-surrounds him with friends and fosters fellowship.
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