"Religions of the Silk Road looks behind the romantic notions of the colonial era and tells the story of how cultural traditions, especially in the form of religious ideas, accompanied merchants and their goods along the overland Asian trade routes in pre-modern times. As early …
Illustrations and text explore the history of Imperial China from its earliest beginnings to the days of the last emperor.
"Based on more than a decade's writing, research, and travel, this book offers a rare glimpse into China's expanding economic, cultural, and political power in the Eurasian heartland. China's rise is changing the world. Much attention has been given to how China's geo-economic v…
China's geo-economic vision is transforming the Eurasian continent. Acclaimed foreign policy experts recount their travels across Central Asia, bearing witness through interviews and personal experience to the growing Chinese influence in the region, and what this means for thos…
Vegetarian dishes that have their origins along the ancient newtowrk of trade routes known as the Silk Road, streching from China in the east to the Mediterranean in the west.
When The Silk Roads was published in 2015, it became an instant classic. A major reassessment of world history, it compelled us to look at the past from a different perspective. The New Silk Roads brings this story up to date, addressing the present and future of a world that is…
Intro -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 Rise of Chinggis Khan -- 2 Institutional framework of Mongol Eurasia -- 3 The place of religion in Mongol Eurasia -- 4 Mongol cities of Eurasia -- 5 Trade…
"The growing importance of Central and Inner Asia and the Silk Road is much discussed at present. This book compares the nature of present day networks in these regions with the patterns of similar connections which existed at the time of the Mongol Empire in the thirteenth cent…
"The growing importance of Central and Inner Asia and the Silk Road is much discussed at present. This book compares the nature of present day networks in these regions with the patterns of similar connections which existed at the time of the Mongol Empire in the thirteenth cent…