{"product_id":"moving-in-the-margins-desert-travel-and-power-in-medieval-central-asia-handbook-of-oriental-studies-section-8-uralic-central-asian-studies-32","title":"Moving in the Margins: Desert Travel and Power in Medieval Central Asia (Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 8 Uralic \u0026 Central Asian Studies, 32)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook info:\u003c\/strong\u003e Moving in the Margins: Desert Travel and Power in Medieval Central Asia (Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 8 Uralic \u0026amp; Central Asian Studies, 32) (Hardcover, 366 pages) – Brill, 2024. Language: English.\u003c\/p\u003e\n Central Asia has been perceived as a landscape of connections, of Silk Roads; an endless plain across which waves of conquerors swiftly rode on horseback. In reality the region is highly fragmented and difficult to traverse, and overcoming these obstacles led to routes becoming associated with epic travel and high-value trade. Put simply, the inhabitants of these lands became experts in the art of travelling the margins. This volume seeks to unravel some of the myths of long-distance roads in Central Asia, using a desert case-study to put forward a new hypothesis for how medieval landscapes were controlled and manipulated.  \n\n                                         Editorial Reviews                   About the Author   Paul D. Wordsworth, Ph.D. (2015), University of Copenhagen, is Lecturer in Silk Roads Archaeology and Heritage at University College, London. He has published on diverse aspects of the archaeology of Islamic Central Asia and the Caucasus, also co-editing the volume Landscapes of the Islamic World (Princeton, 2015).                                           ","brand":"Paul D. Wordsworth","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46068770734314,"sku":"9789004534872","price":159.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/5301\/6298\/files\/710JTXa5AtL._SL1500.jpg?v=1781182138","url":"https:\/\/textbookme.store\/products\/moving-in-the-margins-desert-travel-and-power-in-medieval-central-asia-handbook-of-oriental-studies-section-8-uralic-central-asian-studies-32","provider":"TextbookMe","version":"1.0","type":"link"}