Silk RoadsA landmark publication celebrating the rich history and culture of Central Asias 1,500 year old trade routes. As world powers realign their cultural, economic and political outlooks, there is no better time to consider how Afro Eurasias complex network of ancient trade routes which spanned the vastness of the steppe, vertiginous mountain ranges, fertile river plains and forbidding deserts across the continents and on to the seas beyond fostered