GURPS 4th edition. Hot Spots: The Silk Road

Contents
Introduction
	Recommended Works
	About the Author
	About GURPS
1. Geography
	Seidenstraße
	Lands of the Silk Road
		The Eastern Approaches
		The Highlands
		The Western Approaches
		Pronunciation
	Map of Central Asia, Overview
	Climate and Land Use
		Travel Conditions
	Routes
		Alternate Routes
	Travel Along the Silk Road
		Adventure Seed: Dem Bones
	Map of Central Asia
	Map of the Tarim Basin
2. History
	A Single Step
	Out of Touch
	The Long and Winding Road
		The Lost Legion
	End of the Road
		Principal Export: Death
	Timeline
3. Gazetteer
	Towns and Notable Places
		Anxi
		Baluka
		Bamiyan
		Dunhuang
		The Diamond Sutra
		Ferghana Valley
		Flaming Hills
		Gilgit
		Iron Gate Pass
		Jiaohe
		Kashgar
		Khotan
		The Rat King of Khotan
		Korla
		Kucha
		Adventure Seed: Head Games
		Adventure Seed: C.S.I. Taklamakan
		Lop Nor
		Loulan
		Miran
		Niya
		Samarkand
		Stone Tower
		Tashkurgan
		Turfan
		Stops Along the Way
		Yanguan and Yumenguan
		Itinerary
		Yanqi
		Yarkand
	Peoples and Empires
		The Caliphate
		China
		Hellenistic Kingdoms
		India
		Mongols and Turks
		Tibet
		Tocharians
		Uighurs
		The Face of Mourning
	Religions
		Buddhism
		Christianity
		Greco-Roman Paganism
		Islam
		Magic!
		Judaism
		Manichaeism
		Zoroastrianism
4. War and Money
	Arms, Armor, and the Military
		Arms Control
		Mass Combat
	Trade
		Transport Costs
		Trade Goods
		Sample Prices
5. Life on the Silk Road
	Clothing
	Music
		New Technique: Throat Singing
	Recreations
	Food
		High in the Pamirs
	Buildings and Monuments
		Civil and Domestic Architecture
		Religious Architecture
		Holy Hospital
		Map of a Cave Shrine
	Languages
	Life of the Mind
		Writing Media
		Writing Tools
6. Campaigns
	Building Characters
		Traits
		Jobs
	Travelers on the Road
		Merchants
		Xia
		Missionaries
		Militants
	The Wild East
	The Great Game
	The Out-Of-Towners
	The World at Your Doorstep
	GURPS Crossovers
		Banestorm
		Constantinople
		Crusades
		Cliffhangers
		Dungeon Fantasy
		Horror
		Infinite Worlds
		Low-Tech
		Martial Arts
		Mysteries
		Social Engineering
		Adventure Seed: Origin Story
		Space
Bibliography
	Nonfiction
	Fiction
	Film and Television
	Discography
Index