The Silk Road: A Very Short Introduction is a new look at an ancient subject: the silk road that linked China, India, Persia and the Mediterranean across the expanses of Central Asia. James A. Millward highlights unusual but important biological, technological and cultural exchanges over the silk roads that stimulated development across Eurasia and underpin civilization in our modern, globalized world.
The Silk Road: A Very Short Introduction is a new look at an ancient subject: the silk road that linked China, India, Persia and the Mediterranean across the expanses of Central Asia. James A. Millward highlights unusual but important biological, technological and cultural exchanges over the silk roads that stimulated development across Eurasia and underpin civilization in our modern, globalized world.
James A. Millward is professor of history, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University. His books include Eurasian Crossroads: A History of Xinjiang.
Inhaltsangabe
List of illustrations Acknowledgments Chapter 1: Environment, empires and ecumenes Chapter 2: Eras of silk road fluorescence Chapter 3: The biological silk road Chapter 4: The technological silk road Chapter 5: The arts on the silk road Chapter 6: Whither the silk road? References Further Reading Index
List of illustrations Acknowledgments Chapter 1: Environment, empires and ecumenes Chapter 2: Eras of silk road fluorescence Chapter 3: The biological silk road Chapter 4: The technological silk road Chapter 5: The arts on the silk road Chapter 6: Whither the silk road? References Further Reading Index
Es gelten unsere Allgemeinen Geschäftsbedingungen: www.buecher.de/agb
Impressum
www.buecher.de ist ein Shop der buecher.de GmbH & Co. KG Bürgermeister-Wegele-Str. 12, 86167 Augsburg Amtsgericht Augsburg HRA 13309