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20 août 2019
- doi: 10.4000/books.editionscnrs.12684
- isbn: 9782271077448
- eisbn: 9782271122223
https://www.openedition.org/12554 , info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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Henri-Paul Francfort, « Archaeological discoveries and the Silk Road », CNRS Éditions, ID : 10.4000/books.editionscnrs.12684
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September 2006 Xinjiang (Uyghur Autonomous Region) encircles Taklimakan, a vast cold desert, located between the Tian Shan mountain range in the north and the Kunlun mountain range in the south (about 1,000 km E-W and 500 N-S). Today, the desert runs alongside agricultural oases, which are situated along the banks of rivers flowing down from these mountains. Some of these oases were much larger in the past than they are today. Further north, Xinjiang encompasses a section of the Altai Mountai...