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The king's road : diplomacy and the remaking of the Silk Road / Xin Wen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wen, Xin (Historian), Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Silk Road--History.
- Silk Road.
- Diplomats--Travel.
- Diplomats.
- Asia--Relations--Europe.
- Asia.
- Europe--Relations--Asia.
- Europe.
- International relations.
- Genre:
- History.
- Informational works.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 389 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps ; 25 cm
- Other Title:
- Diplomacy and the remaking of the Silk Road
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2023]
- Contents:
- An archive for an age of kings
- People
- Things
- Facing the road
- Praising the host
- Exchanging gifts
- Switching languages
- The economics of diplomacy
- The kingly exchange
- The politics of the road.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-372) and index.
- Other Format:
- ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 0691237832
- 9780691237831
- OCLC:
- 1303558473
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