The Resource The Silk Road : a new history, Valerie Hansen
The Silk Road : a new history, Valerie Hansen
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- Summary
- The Silk Road is as iconic in world history as the Colossus of Rhodes or the Suez Canal. But what was it, exactly? It conjures up a hazy image of a caravan of camels laden with silk on a dusty desert track, reaching from China to Rome. The reality was different -- and far more interesting -- as revealed in this new history. In The Silk Road, Valerie Hansen describes the archeological finds that revolutionize our understanding of these trade routes. Hansen explores seven oases along the road, from Xi'an to Samarkand, where merchants, envoys, pilgrims, and travelers mixed in cosmopolitan communities, tolerant of religions from Buddhism to Zoroastrianism. There was no single, continuous road, but a chain of markets that traded between east and west. China's main partners were the peoples of modern-day Iran, whose tombs in China reveal much about their Zoroastrian beliefs. Silk was not the most important good on the road; paper had a bigger impact in Europe, while metals, spices, and glass were just as important as silk. Perhaps most significant of all was the road's transmission of ideas, technologies, and artistic motifs
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xi, 304 pages, [16] pages of plates
- Contents
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- 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
- Conclusion: The History of the Overland Routes Through Central Asia
- Isbn
- 9780195159318
- Label
- The Silk Road : a new history
- Title
- The Silk Road
- Title remainder
- a new history
- Statement of responsibility
- Valerie Hansen
- Subject
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- Asia -- Silk Road
- Handelsstraße
- Historic sites
- Historic sites -- Silk Road
- History
- Local history
- Seidenstraße
- Silk Road -- Description and travel
- Silk Road -- History
- Asia
- Silk Road -- History, Local
- Sources
- Trade routes
- Trade routes -- Asia -- History
- Travel
- Zentralasien
- Silk Road -- History -- Sources
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The Silk Road is as iconic in world history as the Colossus of Rhodes or the Suez Canal. But what was it, exactly? It conjures up a hazy image of a caravan of camels laden with silk on a dusty desert track, reaching from China to Rome. The reality was different -- and far more interesting -- as revealed in this new history. In The Silk Road, Valerie Hansen describes the archeological finds that revolutionize our understanding of these trade routes. Hansen explores seven oases along the road, from Xi'an to Samarkand, where merchants, envoys, pilgrims, and travelers mixed in cosmopolitan communities, tolerant of religions from Buddhism to Zoroastrianism. There was no single, continuous road, but a chain of markets that traded between east and west. China's main partners were the peoples of modern-day Iran, whose tombs in China reveal much about their Zoroastrian beliefs. Silk was not the most important good on the road; paper had a bigger impact in Europe, while metals, spices, and glass were just as important as silk. Perhaps most significant of all was the road's transmission of ideas, technologies, and artistic motifs
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1958-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Hansen, Valerie
- Dewey number
- 950.1
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- DS33.1
- LC item number
- .H36 2012
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Silk Road
- Silk Road
- Silk Road
- Silk Road
- Historic sites
- Trade routes
- Silk Road
- Silk Road
- Silk Road
- Silk Road
- Historic sites
- Trade routes
- Historic sites
- Trade routes
- Travel
- Asia
- Asia
- Handelsstraße
- Seidenstraße
- Zentralasien
- Label
- The Silk Road : a new history, Valerie Hansen
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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 -- Conclusion: The History of the Overland Routes Through Central Asia
- Control code
- ocn757838314
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xi, 304 pages, [16] pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780195159318
- Lccn
- 2011041804
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9780195159318
- (OCoLC)757838314
- Label
- The Silk Road : a new history, Valerie Hansen
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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 -- Conclusion: The History of the Overland Routes Through Central Asia
- Control code
- ocn757838314
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xi, 304 pages, [16] pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780195159318
- Lccn
- 2011041804
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780195159318
- (OCoLC)757838314
Subject
- Asia -- Silk Road
- Handelsstraße
- Historic sites
- Historic sites -- Silk Road
- History
- Local history
- Seidenstraße
- Silk Road -- Description and travel
- Silk Road -- History
- Asia
- Silk Road -- History, Local
- Sources
- Trade routes
- Trade routes -- Asia -- History
- Travel
- Zentralasien
- Silk Road -- History -- Sources
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