Marco Polo described it as a trade route between the Orient and the Occident, and it went down in history as the hotly contested border between the cultures of the nomadic peoples of Central Asia and the rulers of northern China: the Silk ...See moreMarco Polo described it as a trade route between the Orient and the Occident, and it went down in history as the hotly contested border between the cultures of the nomadic peoples of Central Asia and the rulers of northern China: the Silk Road. From the former caravanserai and Chinese desert oasis of Dunhuang, the journey continues along the Taklamakan desert to the sacred Temple Mount Labrang, the largest Buddhist monastery outside Tibet. Written by
Martin Thoma
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