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Afghanistan: Forging Civilizations along the Silk Road
Aruz, Joan and Elisabetta Valtz Fino: Afghanistan: Forging Civilizations along the Silk Road. New York: 2012. 160 pages, 138 colour illustrations. Wrappers. A meeting point of the Silk Road trading routes, Afghanistan became a bustling artistic centre for coins, ivories, gold jewellery and new stone and terracotta architecture. This illustrated publication collates essays presented at a recent symposium at the Metropolitan Museum looking at these pieces, as well as links with China, Rome, Iran and India and relations between nomadic and sedentary populations.
A meeting point of the Silk Road trading routes, Afghanistan became a bustling artistic centre for coins, ivories, gold jewellery and new stone and terracotta architecture. This illustrated publication collates essays presented at a recent symposium at the Metropolitan Museum looking at these pieces, as well as links with China, Rome, Iran and India and relations between nomadic and sedentary populations. Text in English
