A horse-skeleton road marker in the Taklimakan Desert.
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Document Analysis
1. Describe the climate of the Taklimakan Desert. Tharol Taklama Kans
NOX and markedly continental, with a simon avar temperaturo ng Vera
2. According to Ma Twan-lin, what guided Silk Road travelers through the Taklimakan Desert?
What caused many travelers to get lost there?
3. Why do you think road markers, such as the one in the photograph above, were set up in the desert?
Writing Journal Entry #3: Label your entry "Taklimakan Desert, June 12, 200, Midday." You have
been traveling all day through the desert. The relentless sun and heat have made you sleepy as you
trudge on. You have heard that travelers through the desert sometimes faint and, as a result, are
accidentally left behind by the caravan. To stay alert, you decide to write in your journal. What are
your thoughts as you make your way through the Taklimakan Desert? What is your impression of
this land?
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