LEADER 01121oam 2200241z- 450 001 9910150591503321 005 20210627225649.0 010 $a1-61230-986-0 035 $a(CKB)3710000000945133 035 $a(BIP)057405055 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000945133 100 $a20190224c2016uuuu -u- - 101 0 $aeng 200 14$aThe Silk Road 210 $cNew Word City, Inc 330 8 $aNothing in history sounds grander than a trade route, one of those thick bold lines on the statistical maps by which people have exchanged the products of their hands, minds, and sporadically, even hearts. Some of the routes have shaped history, rather than merely reflecting it. Primary among them is the Silk Road, the overland route across Asia that endured for more than 1,000 years as a crossroad from East to West. Here, in this essay by historian David Grace is the story of one of the great highways of trade. 610 $aFiction 702 $aGrace$b David$f1984-$4adp 712 02$aNew Word City Editors,$4edt 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910150591503321 996 $aThe silk road$92197280 997 $aUNINA