Samarkand the ancient city on the Silk Route to Cathay. It can be heard in various ways including benign –... Read More
Samarkand the ancient city on the Silk Route to Cathay. It can be heard in various ways including benign – one can imagine it in the mouth and gestures of a storyteller in the market place – or malign, as a relic of intercommunal strife in 13th century Central Asia: