Silk Roads, Steppe Roads : History Unearthed from the Tombs of Medieval China.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Skaff, Jonathan Karam.

Series:

The Rostovtzeff Lectures

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2026.

Summary:

An innovative study of medieval Chinese tombs that provides new insights into the history of Eurasian cultural contact and exchange Silk Roads, Steppe Roads takes the reader on a journey to three sites in northwestern China and Mongolia to investigate medieval Chinese tombs containing evidence of Eastern Eurasian cultural contacts and exchanges.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

List of Maps

List of Illustrations

List of Tables

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. A Slave Road? Slaves and Slavers at Turfan

2. Sogdians or Borderlanders? Part I: Lives Revealed in Epitaphs

3. Sogdians or Borderlanders? Part II: Death Rituals Revealed in Tombs

4. A Tang Dynasty Ally in Ritual and War: The Tomb of Pugu Yitu (635-678) in Mongolia

Conclusion

Appendices

References

Index With Chinese Character Glossary.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version: Skaff, Jonathan Karam Silk Roads, Steppe Roads

ISBN:

9780691261645

OCLC:

1592690715