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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.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2023]
- Contents:
- Cover
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: A Song of Diplomacy on the Silk Road
- Part I: Travelers
- 1. An Archive for an Age of Kings
- 2. People
- 3. Things
- Part II: Traveling
- 4. Facing the Road
- 5. Praising the Host
- 6. Exchanging Gifts
- 7. Switching Languages
- Part III. The King's Road
- 8. The Economics of Diplomacy
- 9. The Kingly Exchange
- 10. The Politics of the Road
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 25, 2023).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Wen, Xin The King's Road
- ISBN:
- 9780691243207
- 0691243204
- Publisher Number:
- 90101435973
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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