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Having long been intrigued by 'that comparatively small area to the west of the Indus which Alexander's march of conquest towards India for a brief span of time illuminates as it were with the light of a meteor', and by archaeological remains showing a blend of Hellenistic and Buddhist art, Stein offers a fascinating account of an ancient clash of civilisations.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49625640632593,"sku":"GOR003302950","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50300125774097,"sku":"CIN0785818316VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50324152779025,"sku":"CIN0785818316G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50687995445521,"sku":"GOR007323486","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0785818316.jpg?v=1750913902"},{"product_id":"mountain-panoramas-from-the-pamirs-and-kwen-lun-book-aurel-stein-9781016042147","title":"Mountain Panoramas From the Pamirs and Kwen Lun","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51100717318417,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51100721414417,"sku":"NIN9781016042147","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1016042140.jpg?v=1750885669"},{"product_id":"in-memoriam-theodore-duka-1825-1908-book-aurel-stein-9781296888374","title":"In Memoriam Theodore Duka 1825-1908","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51193952600337,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51193954828561,"sku":"NIN9781296888374","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1296888371.jpg?v=1750793601"},{"product_id":"antiguas-rutas-de-asia-central-book-aurel-stein-9781739151232","title":"Antiguas rutas de Asia central","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAntiguas rutas de Asia central\u003c\/em\u003e es un resumen de las tres expediciones que el arque logo anglo-h ngaro \u003cstrong\u003eAurel Stein\u003c\/strong\u003e realiz  en Asia central entre 1900 y 1916. Este relato organiza e interpreta la prodigiosa cantidad de materiales que recopil , ricos en contenido y variados en forma, de las ruinas enterradas en la arena de los alrededores de Jot n -Niya, Keriya, Endere y otros asentamientos-. Siguiendo una larga l nea de otros oasis -Dandan Oilik, LouIan, Miran, nombres evocadores arrancados del olvido-, donde las torres de vigilancia sin nombre situadas a lo largo de la vieja muralla, el antiguo limes chino, cuyos montones de basura, a n pestilentes, conten an ingentes documentos oficiales, Stein fue conducido a su descubrimiento m s espectacular: el Sutra del diamante, en Dunhuang.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTras averiguar de d nde part a la Ruta de la Seda de China y examinar las eficaces medidas militares que los chinos hab an tomado para salvaguardar este enlace con Occidente, Stein quiso investigar su extremo occidental. Esto significaba tratar de encontrar el lugar donde la frontera oriental del Imperio romano se hab a enfrentado al Imperio Parto, pues en sus centros comerciales guarnecidos terminaban las caravanas centroasi ticas que transportaban mercanc as para Roma. Y como las ideas y los estilos art sticos tambi n viajaban por la Ruta de la Seda, Stein trat  de localizar las colonias griegas establecidas por \u003cstrong\u003eAlejandro Magno\u003c\/strong\u003e cuando hizo marchar a su ej rcito tan lejos que lleg  hasta el Punjab, donde sus exhaustos hombres se negaron a avanzar.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLa narraci n de las tres expediciones de Stein en Asia central es de ritmo pausado, tono amable y moderado; contada con sencillez por un explorador que se sent a como en casa en un mundo desconocido y aterrador, y es a la vez una delicia y una ense anza. 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