The Pamirs

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Andy Isaacson, At the Crossroads of History; In the Pamir Mountains of
Tajikistan, ancient trade and invasion routes intersects at what was called
Roof of the World. New York Times, Dec. 18, 2009.
http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/12/20/travel/20Pamir.html

Excerpt in the window of the print edition: Following in the paths of Marco
Polo and Alexander the Great.

My comment:
(a) Roof of the World
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roof_of_the_World
(The term can refer to the Pamirs; Tibet; the Himalayas; and Mount Everest.
"The name was first applied to the Pamirs. The British explorer John Wood,
writing in 1838, described Bam-i-Duniah (Roof of the World) as a "native
expression" (presumably Wakhi),[1] and it was generally used for the Pamirs
in Victorian times.")

In Taiwan, the term was reserved for Tibet.

(b) When I grew up in Taiwan, children were led to chat the boundaries of
Republic of China: The west extends to 帕米爾高原. For years I thought the
map for People's Republic of China did not seem to go as far as ROC's in the
west. Specifically I wondered if PRC map included the Pamirs. A few ago I
checked and found the Pamirs outside PRC boundaries. Today's New York Times
puts it within Tajikistan.

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