The Silk Road in world history / Xinru Liu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Liu, Xinru.

Series:

New Oxford World History

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Trade routes--Eurasia--History.

Trade routes.

Cultural relations.

Silk Road--History.

Silk Road.

Silk Road--Civilization.

Eurasia--Commerce--History.

Eurasia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (169 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Silk Road was the contemporary name for a complex of ancient trade routes linking East Asia with Central Asia, South Asia, and the Mediterranean world. This network of exchange emerged along the borders between agricultural China and the steppe nomads during the Han Dynasty (206BCE-220CE), in consequence of the inter-dependence and the conflicts of these two distinctive societies. In their quest for horses, fragrances, spices, gems, glassware, and other exotics from the lands to their west, the Han Empire extended its dominion over the oases around the Takla Makan Desert and sent silk all

Contents:

Contents; Editors' Preface; CHAPTER 1 China Looks West; CHAPTER 2 Rome Looks East; CHAPTER 3 The Kushan Empire and Buddhism; CHAPTER 4 A Golden Age Emerges; CHAPTER 5 Transforming the Eurasian Silk Market; CHAPTER 6 The Mongols and the Twilight of the Silk Road; Chronology; Notes; Further Reading; Websites; Acknowledgments; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-282-66129-9

9786612661297

0-19-971372-3

OCLC:

646816188