Pg. 99: Valerie Hansen's "The Silk Road"

The current feature at the Page 99 Test: The Silk Road: A New History by Valerie Hansen. About the book, from the publisher:The Silk Road is as iconic in world history as the Colossus of Rhodes or the Suez Canal. But what was it, exactly? It conjures up a hazy image of a caravan of camels laden with silk on a dusty desert track, reaching from China to Rome. The reality was different--and far