The world of the ancient Silk Road / edited by Xinru Liu, with the assistance of Pia Brancaccio.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Liu, Xinru, editor.

Brancaccio, Pia, 1966- editor.

Series:

Routledge worlds

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Commerce.

Silk Road--History.

Silk Road.

Eurasia--Commerce--History.

Eurasia.

Asia--Silk Road.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xxi, 593 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2023.

Summary:

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. I Landscape of the Silk Road: From the Bronze Age to the Beginning of Historical Records

1. Kongquehe Bronze Age Culture: A Page of Early Eurasian History / Wang Binghua

2. Tocharian Controversy: A Mobile Language Landscape of Central Asia / Xinru Liu

3. Aramaic in the 1st Millennium bce: Its Reception and Diffusion / Liu Man

4. Qirqi'z, a People in the Forest and on the Steppe / Jia Yiken

5. Invention and Spread of Horse Chariots Around Afro-Eurasia / Bruno Genito

6. Horse Wagon With Bronze Wheel Felloe From Zhouyuan - Implication to the Exchanges Between the East and West / Wang Peng

7. Natural and Cultural History of the Camel / Renato Sala

8. Cannabis and Other Plants With Peculiar Properties on the Silk Road / Kazim Abdullaev

pt. II Pastoral Nomads and Agricultural Societies

9. Horse Archery and the Rise and Fall of Nomadic Empires on the Eurasian Steppe / Craig Benjamin

10. The Kushans, viz. the Da YuezhI: A Century-Long Fallacy / Shoshin Kuwayama

11. Looking for the City of Horse: Mingtepa During the Time of Dayuan Kingdom / Liu Tao

12. Qirqiz/Kyrgyz, a People Lived Between Empires / Jia Tiken

13. Images of Knights on the Great Silk Road / Kazim Abdullaev

pt. III Silk Trade and Caravan Cities

14. Rise and Demise of Jingjue Kingdom, a Case of Tarim Oasis Politics / Ye Junshi

15. Astana, Jiaohe, and Other Turfan Cemeteries: The Movement of People, Ideas, and Objects in Gaochang Kingdom (442-640) / Armin Selbitschka

16. Turfan, the Frontier Transmitting Smallpox to Tang China / Song Xian

17. Caravan Cities in the Roman Near East: Palmyra and Petra / Hamish Cameron

18. The Chitral Yaßyu and a Route Southward in the 1st Century BCE / Shoshin Kuwayama

19. Kabul and the Regional Centers of Eastern Afghanistan in Their Historical Perspective / Minoru Inaba

20. Roads of Swat: New Perspectives / Luca M. Olivieri

21. The Silk Road and the "Cotton Road": Buddhist Art and Practice Between Central Asia and the Western Deccan / Pia Brancaccio

22. Egyptian Textiles and Networks of Exchange Prior To and Following the Arab-Islamic Conquest / Arielle Winnik

23. Sino-Arabian Economic and Cultural Exchanges From the 8th to the 15th Centuries / Lin Meicun

pt. IV Empires and Religions

24. Elephants, Greeks, and Gold: The Silk Road in the Age of Hellenistic Empires / Benjamin Abbott

25. The Western Lord of Treasures - Viewing the Byzantine Empire From Tang Dynasty Chang'an / Lin Ying

26. Sogdian Religion Along the Silk Road: Variations of Zoroastrianism in Medieval China / Zhang Xiaogui

21. Buddhist Propagation and Language Barriers / Xinru Liu

28. Silk-Horse Trade Between the Tang Empire and the Xiagasi (Kyrgyz) / Li Jinxiu

29. Roman Silk Trade and Markets / Berit Hildebrandt

30. Christian Discourses About Silks in Antiquity / Berit Hildebrandt

31. The Creation and Spread of Tiraz Textiles Across the Silk Roads / Arielle Winnik

32. Virtual Silk Roads: Objects, Exhibitions, and Learners / Daniel C. Waugh.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: World of the ancient Silk Road

ISBN:

9780367199968

0367199963

9781032329338

1032329335

OCLC:

1304814566

Publisher Number:

99991803853