The Silk Road [electronic resource] : a new history / Valerie Hansen.
2012
DS33.1 .H36 2012eb
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Title
The Silk Road [electronic resource] : a new history / Valerie Hansen.
Author
Hansen, Valerie, 1958-
ISBN
9780199978601 (electronic bk.)
0195159314
9780195159318
0195159314
9780195159318
Publication Details
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2012.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xi, 304 p.) : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.)
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DS33.1 .H36 2012eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
950.1
Summary
In The Silk Road, Valerie Hansen describes the archeological finds that revolutionize our understanding of these trade routes. Hansen explores seven oases along the road, from Xi'an to Samarkand, where merchants, envoys, pilgrims, and travelers mixed in cosmopolitan communities, tolerant of religions from Buddhism to Zoroastrianism. There was no single, continuous road, but a chain of markets that traded between east and west. China's main partners were the peoples of modern-day Iran, whose tombs in China reveal much about their Zoroastrian beliefs. Silk was not the most important good on the road; paper had a bigger impact in Europe, while metals, spices, and glass were just as important as silk. Perhaps most significant of all was the road's transmission of ideas, technologies, and artistic motifs. --from publisher description
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-290) and index.
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Table of Contents
At the crossroads of Central Asia : the Kingdom of Kroraina
Gateway to the languages of the Silk Road : Kucha and the caves of Kizil
Midway between China and Iran : Turfan
Homeland of the Sogdians, the Silk Road traders : Samarkand and Sogdiana
The cosmopolitan terminus of the Silk Road : historic Chang'an, modern-day Xi'an
The time capsule of Silk Road history : the Dunhuang caves
Entryway into Xinjiang for Buddhism and Islam : Khotan
The history of the overland routes through Central Asia.
Gateway to the languages of the Silk Road : Kucha and the caves of Kizil
Midway between China and Iran : Turfan
Homeland of the Sogdians, the Silk Road traders : Samarkand and Sogdiana
The cosmopolitan terminus of the Silk Road : historic Chang'an, modern-day Xi'an
The time capsule of Silk Road history : the Dunhuang caves
Entryway into Xinjiang for Buddhism and Islam : Khotan
The history of the overland routes through Central Asia.