The Silk Road in world history
By: Xinru Liu.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780195161748; 9780195338102
Subjects: Trade routes -- Eurasia -- History; Cultural relations; Silk Road -- History; Silk Road -- Civilization; Eurasia -- Commerce -- History
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: Chapter 1: China looks west; title: Chapter 2: Rome looks east; title: Chapter 3: The Kushan Empire and the Silk Road; title: Chapter 4: The golden age: The Byzantine Empire (310-1453 CE) and Tang China (618-906 CE); title: Chapter 5: The coming of Islam; title: Chapter 6: Religions, languages, and artistic styles of the Silk Road.