Civilizations of the Silk Road
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Civilizations of the Silk Road

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eBook - ePub

Civilizations of the Silk Road

About this book

This book describes the interactions between various civilizations and societies along the Silk Road between 500 BCE and 1500 CE, the period from the first encounters of ancient Greek and Persian civilizations to the time when maritime exchanges between Europe and Asia exceeded those on land.

Starting with the genesis and features of different civilizations, the book focuses on the history and exchange of different cultures along the Silk Road: Zhang Qian's successful pioneering feats which inaugurated the opening stretch of the Silk Road; the origins and dissemination of Zoroastrianism, Buddhism, Christianity, Manichaeism, Nestorian-Christianity, and Islam; the westward spread of papermaking and printing; and long-distance exchanges of scripts and spoken language, music, architecture, painting, and sculpture. It also outlines the historically significant migrations of various peoples from east to west, such as the Xiongnu, Yuezhi, Han, Qiang, Hephthalites, Turkic groups, Uyghurs, Mongols, and Xibe.

The author has interwoven facts, anecdotes, and his own experiences of study throughout the book, making it a fascinating history reader and cultural primer. This book thus will be an essential read for students and scholars of Eurasian Studies and Chinese History and those who are interested in the history of the Silk Road in general.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2023
Print ISBN
9781032439990
eBook ISBN
9781000886290
Edition
1
Topic
History
Subtopic
Asian History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Preface
  7. 1 “Civilization”: Origins, Diversity, and Continuity
  8. 2 Alexander’s Eastern Campaigns, Hellenism, and Gandharan Art
  9. 3 Mysteries of the Western Regions: Pioneering Zhang Qian and Han Dynasty Explorers
  10. 4 Buddhism’s Genesis: To the West Is a Deity, Buddha Is His Name
  11. 5 Buddhism’s Spread in China: Contemporaries Kumarajiva and Faxian—The Encounter That Didn’t Happen
  12. 6 Sogdians Along the Silk Road
  13. 7 Golden Peaches of Samarkand
  14. 8 Silk and Paper
  15. 9 Printing Migrates West, Alphabets Migrate East
  16. 10 Origins and Spread of Islamic Civilization
  17. 11 Islam in China
  18. 12 Rise of the Turkic-Speaking Peoples and Their Westward Migration
  19. 13 Westward Migration of the Turkic Peoples: From the Syr Darya to the Danube
  20. 14 Eurasia Under Mongol Rule
  21. 15 The Timurid Empire and the Ming Treasure Voyages
  22. Bibliography
  23. Index