James A. Millward (Professor of History, Professor of History, Scho

The Silk Road

A Very Short Introduction

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Very Short Introductions
• Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. April 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 175mm x 111mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 150g
• ISBN-13: 9780199782864
• ISBN-10: 0199782865
• Artikelnr.: 36918291

Autorenporträt

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