From the July 2018 Issue Khans & Stans The History of Central Asia, Volume Four: The Age of Decline and Revival By Christopher Baumer (Translated by Christopher W Reid) LR
From the November 2016 Issue Obscure Empires Brought to Light The History of Central Asia: The Age of Islam and the Mongols By Christoph Baumer (Translated by Martina Dervis & Dafydd Roberts) LR
From the February 2009 Issue Battle for the Bactrians Mysteries of the Gobi: Searching for Wild Camels and Lost Cities in the Heart of Asia By John Hare LR
From the May 2013 Issue Rafts on a Sea of Grass The History of Central Asia, Volume One: The Age of the Steppe Warriors By Christoph Baumer (translated by Miranda Bennett) LR
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