Christoph Baumer is a leading explorer and historian of Central Asia Tibet and the Caucasus has written many well-received books in the fields of history religion archaeology and travel. These include The Church of the East: An Illustrated History of Assyrian Christianity (2006) Traces in the Desert: Journeys of Discovery across Central Asia (2008) China's Holy Mountain: An Illustrated Journey into the Heart of Buddhism (2011) and the seminal History of Central Asia in four volumes (20122018) all published by I. B. Tauris. Dr Baumer is President of the Society for the Exploration of EurAsia Senior Research Fellow at the Kazakhstan Academy of Sciences and a member of the Explorers' Club New York the Royal Asiatic Society the Royal Geographical Society and the Royal Society for Asian Affairs London. He is a recipient of the prestigious Sir Percy Sykes Memorial Medal awarded to him by the Royal Society for Asian Affairs in 2015. . Language: English