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Preface -- Chapter I "Civilization": origins, diversity & continuity -- Chapter II Alexander's Eastern campaigns, Hellenism & Gandharan art -- Chapter III Mysteries of the Western regions: pioneering Zhang Qian & Han dynasty explorers -- Chapter IV Buddhism's genesis: to the West is a deity, Buddha is his name -- Chapter V Buddhism's spread in China: contemporaries Kumarajiva and Faxian: the encounter that didn't happen -- Chapter VI Sogdians along the Silk Road -- Chapter VII Golden peaches of Samarkand -- Chapter VIII Silk & paper -- Chapter IX Printing migrates West, alphabets migrate East -- Chapter X Origins and spread of Islamic civilization -- Chapter XI Islam in China -- Chapter XII Rise of the Turkic-speaking peoples and their westward migration -- Chapter XIII Westward migration of the Turkic peoples: from the Syr Darya to the Danube -- Chapter XIV Eurasia under Mongol rule -- Chapter XV The Timurid empire & the Ming treasure voyages -- Bibliography -- Index.