The Silk Road : a new history with documents

The Silk Road : a new history with documents / Valerie Hansen.

"The Silk Road. We have a hazy mental image: a lone traveler carrying silk on a camel moves along a desert. Where exactly is he going and what goods is he carrying? This book offers concrete answers based on newly discovered documents preserved in the sands of the Taklamakan Desert. It is amazi...

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Main Author: Hansen, Valerie, 1958- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, [2017]
Subjects:
Historic sites > Silk Road.
Trade routes > Asia > History.
Silk Road > History.
Silk Road > History > Sources.
Silk Road > History, Local.
Silk Road > Description and travel.
History.
Local history.
Sources.
Table of Contents:
  • At the crossroads of Central Asia : the Kingdom of Kroraina
  • Gateway to the languages of the Silk Road : Kucha and the Kizil Caves
  • Midway between China and Iran : Turfan
  • Homeland of the Sogdians, the Silk Road traders : Samarkand and Sogdiana
  • The cosmopolitan terminus of the Silk Road : historic Chang'an, modern-day Xi'an
  • The time capsule of Silk Road history : the Dunhuang Caves
  • Entryway into Xinjiang for Buddhism and Islam : Khotan
  • A new route through the grasslands : Beijing
  • Conclusion: The history of the overland routes through Central Asia.

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