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|a Golden Road to Samarkand |h [electronic resource] |b Silk Road cities (Samarkand & Bukhara). |
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|a [S.l.] : |b SOAS University of London, |c 2017. |
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|a Biographical Information: Diana Driscoll read her degrees at SOAS: BA Akkadian and Hebrew (Ancient Middle East with special subjects in History, Religion & Languages) and later MA in the History, Art and Architecture of Islam. She was Deputy Registrar at SOAS from 1980 - 92 and then moved to a post as Director of Education at the British Council, Hong Kong. It was here that she "discovered" the Silk Road and made many journeys into China which complimented her travels & studies in the Middle East, India and Iran. She is now an Independent Researcher in the Asia Department of the British Museum with a special emphasis on Silk Road trade. She covers 3,000 years of history & almost 7000 miles of trade from Morocco to China. Besides giving regular gallery talks on the Silk Road at the BM, she is a lecturer for the RA (Royal Academy)/Cox & Kings/ART TOURS and regularly accompanies groups to Uzbekistan, Morocco, Mughal India and Iran. |
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|a Recorded on 13 Februrary 2017 at an event sponsored by the London Middle East Institute, to accompany the Brunei Gallery SOAS exhibition Embroidered Tales and Woven Dreams |
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|a VIAF (name authority) : London Middle East institute : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/123539987 |
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|a The lecture focuses on the external architecture of these two cities developed from sun dried brick buildings to the fantastic tile work which we see on the outside and inside of these building. Why were they built, who built them and why have they survived to this day. Why do art historians use the term "Timurid" or "Eastern Islamic art & architecture"? |
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|a Electronic reproduction. |b London : |c SOAS University of London, |d 2017. |f (SOAS Digital Collections) |n Mode of access: World Wide Web. |n System requirements: Internet connectivity; Web browser software. |
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|a SOAS University of London. |
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|a Osiyo -- O'zbekiston -- Buxoro. |
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|a Osiyo -- O'zbekiston -- Samarqand. |
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|a Europe -- United Kingdom -- England -- Greater London -- London -- Bloomsbury. |
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|a SOAS Digital Collections. |
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|a Uzbekistan Collection at SOAS, University of London. |
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|a GBR |b SDC |c SOAS Repositories |
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|u https://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA006044/00001 |y Electronic Resource |
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