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2 v. : ill. ; 26 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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v. 1. Introduction -- The beginnings of the Silk Road -- The Kushan empire and beyond -- Kuche, Kumārajīva, and broader issues of translation -- Samarkand and the Sogdians -- v. 2. Turfan -- Dunhuang and Khoton -- Index |
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Summary: This is the first of two two-volume collections by top scholars in their field on the history of the Silk Road. This collection's main focus is the first millennium CE when the Silk Road trade was at its height. Most of the entries are organized chronologically and geographically, concentrating on the sites (like Niya and Loulan) which flourished in the third and fourth centuries, then Turfan and Samarkand (500-800), and closes with the period after 800, when Tang China withdrew its troops from the region and the local peoples reverted to a largely barter economy. Coverage ends in 1000, when the first cities on the western edge of the Taklamakan converted to Islam |
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Silk Road -- History
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Silk Road -- Antiquities
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Trade routes -- Asia, Central -- History
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Asia, Central -- Commerce -- History
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Asia, Central -- Civilization
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| Alt Author |
Hansen, Valerie, 1958-
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