Title
Religions of the Silk Road : premodern patterns of globalization / Richard Foltz.
Edition
2nd ed.
ISBN
9780230109100 (electronic book)
0230109101 (electronic book)
0230621252
9780230621251
Publication Details
New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xiii, 190 pages) : map
Item Number
10.1057/9780230109100 doi
Call Number
BL1050 .F65 2010
Dewey Decimal Classification
200.958
Summary
"Traces the spread of religions and cultures along the trans-Eurasian trade routes over a period of more than two millennia. Indian, Iranian, Semitic, and Mediterranean ideas all followed the same trajectory through Central Asia to China and beyond, picking up additional elements and sometimes being radically transformed along the way. This age-old pattern shows how the transmission of culture and the development of economic networks have always been inextricably linked, laying a precedent for the globalizing trends seen today"--Back cover.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-179) and index.
Access Note
Access limited to authorized users.
Digital File Characteristics
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The Silk Road and its travelers
Religion and trade in ancient Eurasia
Buddhism and the Silk Road
A refuge of heretics : Nestorians and Manicheans on the Silk Road
The Islamization of the Silk Road
Ecumenical mischief
A melting pot no more
The religion of the market.
