Artifacts from the ancient Silk Road /

Artifacts from the ancient Silk Road /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Mierse, William E., author.
Imprint:	Santa Barbara, California : Greenwod, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2023]
Description:	1 online resource ( liv, 403 pages) : color illustrations.
Language:	English
Series:	Daily life through artifacts Daily life through artifacts.
Subject:	Antiquities. Civilization. Silk Road -- Civilization. Silk Road -- Antiquities. Asia, Central -- Civilization. Asia, Central -- Antiquities. Eurasia -- Civilization. Eurasia -- Antiquities. Asia -- Silk Road. Central Asia. Eurasia.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13014888

Hidden Bibliographic Details
ISBN:	9781440858291 1440858292 9781440858284
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 12, 2023).
Other form:	Print version: Mierse, William E. Artifacts from the ancient Silk Road Santa Barbara : ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2023] 9781440858284

Table of Contents:

Preface
How to use this book
Introduction: what was the world of the ancient Silk Road?
Alphabetical entries
Amazons
Animal style
Banqueting
City planning
Coinage
Domestication of the horse
Funerary practices
Indus Valley civilization
Linguistic and genetic studies
Monasticism
Nomad kingdoms and empires
Persepolis' Apadana
Persistence of Classicism
Shamanism, ancient Central Asian
Silk
Texts and archaeology
Texts and translations
Travelers, Early
Wool working and carpet making
Zoroastrianism
Artifacts.