Central Asia

£24.95

Central Asia is still today a geographical entity that is difficult to grasp to its full extent. The grandiose sweep of the Kazakhstan steppes, the deserts of Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Xinjiang, the mountains of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. The world's greatest nomad empire, that of Tamburlaine, crossed by the Silk Road, it is today, after 70 years of Soviet Rule (at least for all countries except Xinjiang), a land of deep contrasts and of thousand year-long traditions. The photos show us everything, from every day life in the region to the cultural heritage of this bewildering part of the world.