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020 _a9780195159318 (hardcover : acidfree paper)
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037 _bOxford Univ Pr, 2001 Evans rd, Cary, NC, USA, 27513
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100 1 _aHansen, Valerie,
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245 1 4 _aThe Silk Road :
_ba new history /
_cValerie Hansen.
260 _aOxford ;
_aNew York :
_bOxford University Press,
_cc2012.
300 _axi, 304 p., [16] p. of plates :
_bill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ;
_c25 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aAt 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.
520 _aIn 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. --from publisher description
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