Discusses the development of the trade routes known as the Nile Route, Sudan Route, Incense Road, Pilgrimage Road, and Sahara Routes, with an overview of their social and economic history up to the present day.
Surveys the history of trade routes in Asia, focusing especially on the Silk Road from China to the West, but also including studies of the Ambassador's Road, Burma Road, Eurasian Steppe Route, and Russian river routes.