| Worlds of the Silk Roads: Ancient and Modern Contributor(s): Christian, D. (Editor), Benjamin, C. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 2503506518 ISBN-13: 9782503506517 Publisher: Brepols Publishers OUR PRICE: $47.50 Product Type: Hardcover Published: October 1998 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Asia - Central Asia - Religion | Buddhism - General (see Also Philosophy - Buddhist) |
| Dewey: 950 |
| LCCN: 2001348091 |
| Series: V. 1-2: Collection Cerf-Histoire |
| Physical Information: 250 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Buddhist |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Definitions of Inner Asia vary greatly. Inner Asia includes those lands that have linked the major agrarian civilisations of Eurasia, from China to India to the Mediterranean and Europe, since the late Neolithic period. In the 19th century, it became customary to refer to the trade routes between these regions as the 'Silk Roads'. But silk was just one of the goods exchanged through Inner Asia. religions, diseases, coins, cuisines, artistic fashions, political titles, all travelled the Silk Roads, as did Buddhism, Christianity, Manichaeism and Islam. Seen in this way, Inner Asia appears as the central knot in the vast tapestry of Eurasian history. To take Inner Asian history seriously is to see the underlying unity of Eurasian history. |