Highlights -- Getting started -- Itineraries -- The authors -- Snapshot -- History -- The Silk Road -- People -- Religion -- Arts -- Environment -- Food & Drink -- Kazakhstan -- Uzbekistan -- Tajikistan -- Afghanistan -- Turkmenistan -- Central Asia directory -- Transport in Central Asia -- Health - World time zones -- Language -- Glossary -- Behind the scenes -- Index -- Legend.

Includes index. Previous edition: published as by Bradley Mayhew, Richard Plunkett and Simon Richmond. 2000.