The Silk Road : a new history /

The Silk Road : a new history /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:Hansen, Valerie, 1958-
Imprint:Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2012]
Description:1 online resource (xi, 304 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
Language:English
Subject:
Historic sites -- Silk Road.
Trade routes -- Asia, Central -- History.
Trade routes -- Asia -- History.
Historic sites.
Trade routes.
Travel.
Silk Road -- History.
Silk Road -- History -- Sources.
Silk Road -- Description and travel.
Silk Road -- History, Local.
Asia.
Central Asia.
Asia -- Silk Road.
Electronic books.
History.
Local history.
Sources.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11141688
Hidden Bibliographic Details
ISBN:9780199978601
0199978603
9781283576536
1283576538
9780195159318
0195159314
9786613888983
6613888982
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-290) and index.
English.
Online resource; title from e-book title screen (viewed January 23, 2014).
Summary:"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"--Publisher description.
Other form:Print version: Hansen, Valerie, 1958- Silk Road. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2012 9780195159318
Standard no.:9786613888983

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