Reimagining the Silk Roads interactions and perceptions across Eurasia / edited by Julian Henderson, Stephen L. Morgan, Matteo Salonia.
| Other author | Henderson, Julian, 1953- |
| Other author | Morgan, Stephen, 1954- |
| Other author | Salonia, Matteo. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2025. |
| Description | pages cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Reimagining the 'Silk Roads' : an introduction / Julian Henderson, Stephen L. Morgan and Matteo Salonia -- Climates of the Silk Road through the common era / Matt Jones -- Ecological variability and early agriculture along the proto-Silk Roads / Tengwen Long -- Diseases and the medieval Silk Roads / Chris King -- Roman palmyra as a hub of trade and commerce : material, epigraphic and numismatic evidence / Andreas Kopp -- Abbasid Caliphate and Tang Dynasty in the ninth and tenth centuries : trade, acculturation, and transformation / Julian Henderson -- Natron glass and the silk roads in the first millennium BCE / Qin-Qin L©ơ -- A 'lion' on the Silk Road / Gilberto Artioli et al. -- Buddhist missionaries at medieval Chinese courts : state ideologists and soul savers / Junqing Wu -- The Sogdians, the 'cultural bees' of Eurasia / Pin Lyu -- Huns and Romans in the fourth century / George Woudhuysen -- Christianity on the Silk Roads / Teng Li -- Dzhankent (Kazakhstan) - an early medieval trading node on the northern Silk Road / Irina Arzhantseva and Heinrich Haerke -- Replacing the Silk Road? Central Asian merchants between China and Scandinavia, 840-1000 CE / Marek Jankowiak -- Slavery and human trafficking along the medieval Silk Roads, c. 800 to c.1350 / Claire Taylor -- Mapping Knowledge about the Eurasian Silk Roads in the fifteenth century / Georg Schindler -- The Silk Road in Northeast Asia : courtly gift-giving, 668-1449 / James Fujitani -- Iberian Silk Roads : spices, silver and souls / Matteo Salonia -- Southeast Asia, China, and the 'maritime silk roads', c.900-1650 / Stephen L. Morgan -- The birth of Silk Road studies in China : Hedin, Andersson and Sino-Swedish collaboration in Republican China / Jan Romgard -- The Belt and Road Initiative at ten (2013-2023) : a crucial juncture for China's infrastructure geopolitics / Benjamin Barton -- The road which binds : the BRI, nationalism, and the securitization of Xinjiang / David O'Brien, Melissa Shani Brown -- Visualising the Silk Roads / Julian Henderson, Stephen L. Morgan and Matteo Salonia -- Conclusion : questioning and recovering the Silk Roads / Matteo Salonia, Stephen L. Morgan and Julian Henderson. |
| Abstract | "This book brings together scholars from many disciplines to shed light on the long history of the Silk Roads, to redefine it, and to demonstrate its vitality and importance. Reimagining the Silk Roads illuminates economic, spiritual and political networks, bridging different chronologies and geographies. Richly illustrated, it explores fascinating topics, including archaeological discoveries, oceanic explorations, the movement and impact of ideas, and the ways in which the Silk Roads, broadly defined, contributed to processes of globalization. Reconciling the study of land and sea routes, and paying attention to themes such as material culture, environment, trade, and the role of religious faiths, the authors offer complex yet accessible studies of the history of interactions and perceptions across Eurasia over the last 3000 years. The editors critically respond to the recent politicization of the Silk Roads and reflect on their polycentric character. The book challenges and revives Silk Roads studies, and it will be relevant not only to researchers in archaeology, history, heritage and related fields, but also to the general reader"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2024035957 |
| ISBN | 9781032391311 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 9781032391694 (paperback) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |