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020			_a9780199471751
041			_aEnglish
082			_a950.1 _bHAN
100			_aHansen, Valerie
245			_aThe Silk Road : _ba new history/ _cValerie Hansen.
250			_aSouth Asia edition.
260			_aOxford ; New York : _bOxford University Press, _c©2012.
300			_axi, 304 pages, [16] pages of plates : _billustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; _c25 cm.
505			_tAt the Crossroads of Central Asia : The Kingdom of Kroraina -- _tGateway to the Languages of the Silk Road : Kucha and the Kizil Caves -- _tMidway Between China and Iran : Turfan -- _tHomeland of the Sogdians, the Silk Road Traders : Samarkand and Sogdiana -- _tThe Cosmopolitan Terminus of the Silk Road : Historic Chang'an, Modern-day Xi'an -- _tThe Time Capsule of Silk Road History : The Dunhuang Caves -- Entryway into Xinjiang for Buddhism and Islam : Khotan -- _tConclusion: The History of the Overland Routes Through Central Asia.
520			_aThe 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.
650			_aSilk Road -- Description and travel.
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