The Silk Roads

Name: The Silk Roads
Brand: Macmillan Education Australia
SKU: 9780312475512
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The Silk Roads explores the vast network of overland and maritime routes that connected East and West for more than 1500 years. Spanning over 4000 miles, these pathways facilitated the exchange of goods like silks, spices, and gems, alongside ideas, religions, technologies, and governance practices. Compiled by Xinru Liu, this volume presents primary sources from diverse ancient civilizations, many translated into English for the first time, offering readers a thorough understanding of the cultural and economic impacts of the Silk Roads.
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This book is ideal for history students, scholars, and readers interested in the ancient interactions between East and West, as well as those curious about the origins of global trade and cultural exchange.

For more than 1500 years, across more than 4000 miles, the Silk Roads connected East and West. Liu’s thoughtful introduction considers the many ways the peoples along the Silk Roads interacted and helps students understand the implications for economies and societies, as well as political and religious institutions, over space and time.

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For more than 1500 years, across more than 4000 miles, the Silk Roads connected East and West. These overland trails and sea lanes carried not only silks, but also cotton textiles, dyes, horses, incense, spices, gems, glass, and ceramics along with religious ideas, governing customs, and technology.

For The Silk Roads, Xinru Liu has assembled primary sources from ancient China, India, Central Asia, Rome and the Mediterranean, and the Islamic world, many of them difficult to access and some translated into English for the first time. Liu’s thoughtful introduction considers the many ways the peoples along the Silk Roads interacted and helps students understand the implications for economies and societies, as well as political and religious institutions, over space and time.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780312475512

Publisher: Macmillan Learning

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 21 March 2012

Country: United States

Imprint: Bedford/Saint Martin's

Illustration: 208 p.

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Width: 138.0mm

Height: 216.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 208

Collections

Ancient & Classical History Asian History History & Archaeology History & Military NA NA Non-Fiction

About the Author

XINRU LIU teaches world history, the history of South Asia, and the history of Central Asia at the College of New Jersey in Ewing, USA.