Taklamakan Desert of water, accounts for the somewhat wide diurnal temperature variation. The Taklamakan Desert has very little water, therefore it is hazardous to cross. Merchant caravans on the Silk Road would stop for relief at the thriving oasis towns. It was in close proximity to many of the ancient civilizations — to the Northwest is the Amu Darya basin, to the southwest the Afghanistan mountain passes lead to Iran and India, to the east is China, and even to the north ancient towns such as Almaty can be found. The key oasis towns, watered by rainfall from the mountains, were Kashgar,
You Can Go Home You Can Go Home "You Can Go Home" is a song by the American country rock band The Desert Rose Band, released in 1991 as the lead single from their fourth studio album "True Love". It was written by Chris Hillman and Jack Tempchin, and produced by Tony Brown. Continuing the band's commercial decline on both the American and Canadian Country Singles Charts, "You Can Go Home" failed to reach the Top 40. The song reached No. 54 on the "Billboard" Hot Country Songs, and No. 64 on the RPM Country Singles Chart. It also reached No. 35 on the