It began when Chinese silk merchants sought to exchange their valuable wares for the large and powerful horses of Central Asia. The road’s heyday ended around the 15th Century AD, as traders ...
This multi-volume History of Civilizations of Central Asia is the first attempt to present a comprehensive ... The age of achievement: from 750 to the end of the 15th century. V. Development in ...
The observatory and the discoveries made there sprang from the passion of a single man, the 15th-century Timurid prince ... to their courts in Central Asia, sparking the Timurid Renaissance.