Empires of ancient Eurasia : the first Silk Roads era, 100 BCE - 250 CE /

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"The Silk Roads are the symbol of the interconnectedness of ancient Eurasian civilizations. Using challenging land and maritime routes, merchants and adventurers, diplomats and missionaries, sailors and soldiers, and camels, horses and ships, carried their commodities, ideas, languages and path...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Benjamin, Craig
Format: Printed Book
Published: United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press, 2018
Series:New approaches to Asian history
Subjects:
Intercultural communication > Eurasia
Commerce
Trade routes > Eurasia
Table of Contents:
  • Pastoral nomads and the empires of the steppe
  • Early China : prelude to the Silk Roads
  • Zhang Qian and Han expansion into Central Asia
  • The early Han Dynasty and the eastern Silk Roads
  • Rome and the western Silk Roads
  • The Parthian Empire and the Silk Roads
  • The Kushan Empire : at the crossroads of ancient Eurasia
  • Maritime routes of the first Silk Roads era
  • Collapse of empires and the decline of the first Silk Roads era.

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