Book Details
Orange Code:95859
Paperback:616 pages
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1. Kongquehe Bronze Age Culture: A Page of Early Eurasian History2. Tocharian Controversy: A Mobile Language Landscape of Central Asia3. Aramaic in the 1st Millennium bce: Its Reception and Diffusion4. Qïrqïz, a People in the Forest and on the Steppe5. Invention and Spread of Horse Chariots Around Afro-Eurasia6. Horse Wagon With Bronze Wheel Felloe From Zhouyuan – Implication to the Exchanges Between the East and West7. Natural and Cultural History of the Camel8. Cannabis and Other Plants With Peculiar Properties on the Silk Road9. Horse Archery and the Rise and Fall of Nomadic Empires on the Eurasian Steppe10. The Kushans, viz. the Dà Yuèzhī: A Century-Long Fallacy11. Looking for the City of Horse: Mingtepa During the Time of Dayuan Kingdom12. Qïrqïz/Kyrgyz, a People Lived Between Empires13. Images of Knights on the Great Silk Road14. Rise and Demise of Jingjue Kingdom, a Case of Tarim Oasis Politics15. Astana, Jiaohe, and Other Turfan Cemeteries: The Movement of People, Ideas, and Objects in Gaochang Kingdom (442–640)16. Turfan, the Frontier Transmitting Smallpox to Tang China17. Caravan Cities in the Roman Near East: Palmyra and Petra18. The Chitral Yaβγu 雙靡翕侯 and a Route Southward in the 1st Century bce19. Kābul and the Regional Centers of Eastern Afghanistan in Their Historical Perspective20. Roads of Swat: New Perspectives21. The Silk Road and the “Cotton Road”: Buddhist Art and Practice Between Central Asia and the Western Deccan22. Egyptian Textiles and Networks of Exchange Prior To and Following the Arab-Islamic Conquest23. Sino-Arabian Economic and Cultural Exchanges From the 8th to the 15th Centuries24. Elephants, Greeks, and Gold: The Silk Road in the Age of Hellenistic Empires25. The Western Lord of Treasures – Viewing the Byzantine Empire From Tang Dynasty Chang’an26. Sogdian Religion Along the Silk Road: Variations of Zoroastrianism in Medieval China27. Buddhist Propagation and Language Barriers28. Silk-Horse Trade Between the Tang Empire and the Xiagasi (Kyrgyz)29. Roman Silk Trade and Markets30. Christian Discourses About Silks in Antiquity31. The Creation and Spread of Tiraz Textiles Across the Silk Roads32. Virtual Silk Roads: Objects, Exhibitions, and Learners
Description:
This volume explores human migration, communication, and cross-cultural exchange on the Silk Road, a complex network of trade routes spanning the Eurasian continent and beyond. It covers thousands of years of human history, from the 3rd millennium BCE to the early 2nd millennium CE.
Consolidating archaeological discoveries, historical analyses, and linguistic studies in one comprehensive volume, The World of the Ancient Silk Road brings to light diverse perspectives from scholars who have lived and worked across this vast region, many of which are published here in English for the first time. It contains extensive references of primary and secondary sources in their original languages and scripts. From Early Bronze Age cultures to the rise of regional Islamic empires, from the Mediterranean to the Yellow River basin, this multidisciplinary volume seeks to offer new insights and expand Silk Road studies to the Anglophone world.
The World of the Ancient Silk Road provides an essential reference work for students and scholars of world history, particularly those studying the regions, cultures, and peoples explored in this volume.
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