Spice Routes and Silk Roads.

Format:

Video

Series:

Academic Video Online

Story of India

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion and Belief Systems.

Trade and Commerce.

Buddhism.

Ancient civilizations.

Spice trade.

Trade and commerce.

India--Civilization.

India.

India--Description and travel.

Local Subjects:

Religion and Belief Systems.

Trade and Commerce.

Buddhism.

Ancient civilizations.

Spice trade.

Trade and commerce.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (55 minutes)

Place of Publication:

[Arlington, VA] : Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), 2009.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

data file

Summary:

The third episode in the series The Story of India takes us to the early centuries CE, the time of the Roman Empire in the west. In this period, located at the 'center of world' India became a great player in the first global economy. As the spice routes and the silk roads opened up, Indian civilization grew, enriched by contact and exchange. Beginning in Kerala, Michael Wood journeys on an old wooden sailing boat plying its trade from South India to the Gulf, and tells how the spice trade with Rome opened India up to the world as well as giving us a recipe for dormouse stuffed with peppercorns! He finds the lost site of the greatest Roman trading port, samples the earliest cuisine of India and travels by train to the great ancient capital of South India, Madurai. The film then shows how north India was opened up to the world at the same time, as merchant's caravans began to use the Silk Route between China and the West.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed March 29, 2016).

OCLC:

884831080

Publisher Number:

ASP1791870/marc