The Khyber Pass - Paddy Docherty
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The story of the Khyber Pass, the narrow mountain route which - more than any other single place on earth - has shaped civilisations. Thirty miles long, and in places no more than sixteen metres wide, the Pass is the only natural cutting through the great mountains of the Hindu Kush - and hence the one feasible route from Central Asia into India. Its story - of the rise and fall of empires - begins with Cyrus and Darius, the great Persian kings. Legendary conquerors soon follow: first Alexander the Great, t...
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2007 Uitgever: Faber And Faber 288 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 0571219772 ISBN-13: 9780571219773Koop dit boek tweedehands
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[Auteur: Docherty, Paddy] [Pagina's: 261] [Taal: en] [Uitgever: London, Faber and Faber] [Jaar: 2007] [Titel: The Khyber Pass: A History of Empire and Invasion]