Empires of ancient Eurasia : the first Silk Roads era, 100 BCE - 250 CE / Craig Benjamin, Grand Val...
Empires of ancient Eurasia : the first Silk Roads era, 100 BCE - 250 CE / Craig Benjamin, Grand Val...
Empires of ancient Eurasia : the first Silk Roads era, 100 BCE - 250 CE / Craig Benjamin, Grand Valley State University.
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
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G 2018/4228 , N950.1/10
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English
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xi, 304 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
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text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
Pastoral nomads and the empires of the steppe -- Early China : prelude to the Silk Roads -- Zhang Qian and Han expansion into Central Asia -- The early Han Dynasty and the eastern Silk Roads -- Rome and the western Silk Roads -- The Parthian Empire and the Silk Roads -- The Kushan Empire : at the c...
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2018.
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"The Silk Roads are the symbol of the interconnectedness of ancient Eurasian civilizations. Using challenging land and maritime routes, merchants and adventurers, diplomats and missionaries, sailors and soldiers, and camels, horses and ships, carried their commodities, ideas, languages and pathogens enormous distances across Eurasia. The result was...
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Empires of ancient Eurasia : the first Silk Roads era, 100 BCE - 250 CE / Craig Benjamin, Grand Valley State University.
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New approaches to Asian history
Includes bibliographical references (pages 284-297) and index.
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G 2018/4228 , N950.1/10
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74VKVAQlxwWd
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9781107535435 (paperback)
9781107114968 (hardback)
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950/.1
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991024176988102626
