Empires of Ancient Eurasia: The First Silk Roads Era, 100 Bce - 250 Ce

ISBN-13: 9781107114968 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 316 str.

Craig Benjamin

Opis

Introduces a crucial period of world history when the vast exchange network of the Silk Roads connected most of Eurasia.

Recenzje

'Craig Benjamin's Empires of Ancient Eurasia, [is] an enthralling introduction to this 'First Silk Roads' era of long-distance exchange by land and sea. Benjamin begins his tale with the migration of pastoral Steppe nomads in the second century BC that traced out the first route west, and then charts the rise of the Chinese Han dynasty who controlled the business end, producing silk and other luxury goods.' Josephine Crawley Quinn, The Times Literary Supplement

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Pastoral nomads and the empires of the Steppe; 2. Early China: prelude to the silk roads; 3. Zhang Qian and Han expansion into Central Asia; 4. The early Han dynasty and the Eastern Silk Roads; 5. Rome and the Western Silk Roads; 6. The Parthian Empire and the Silk Roads; 7. The Kushan Empire: at the crossroads of ancient Eurasia; 8. Maritime routes of the first Silk Roads era; 9. Collapse of Empires and the decline of the first Silk Roads era; Conclusion.