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The story of the Khyber Pass, the narrow mountain route which - more than any other single place on earth - has shaped civilisations. Thirty miles long, and in places no more than sixteen metres wide, the Pass is the only natural cutting through the great mountains of the Hindu Kush - and hence the one feasible route from Central Asia into India. Its story - of the rise and fall of empires - begins with Cyrus and Darius, the great Persian kings. Legendary conquerors soon follow: first Alexander

Author

Docherty, Paddy, Docherty, Leo

Publisher

London : Faber

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9780571219773

Subjects

History, Humanities

Rating

3.93 / 5 (101 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14