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…
Silk along the Silk Roads : diversity and eclecticism / Sarah E. Braddock Clarke -- Islamic textiles / Louise W. Mackie -- Ancient textiles preserved in Japan, reborn / Koyoshi Tatsumara. "An illustrated exploration of Byzantine culture, its past history and its relevance to de…
Silk along the Silk Roads : diversity and eclecticism / Sarah E. Braddock Clarke -- Islamic textiles / Louise W. Mackie -- Ancient textiles preserved in Japan, reborn / Koyoshi Tatsumara. "An illustrated exploration of Byzantine culture, its past history and its relevance to de…
Silk along the Silk Roads : diversity and eclecticism / Sarah E. Braddock Clarke -- Islamic textiles / Louise W. Mackie -- Ancient textiles preserved in Japan, reborn / Koyoshi Tatsumara. "An illustrated exploration of Byzantine culture, its past history and its relevance to de…
"An illustrated exploration of Byzantine culture, its past history and its relevance to design today, looking at the style and influence of woven silk textiles"--
"An illustrated exploration of Byzantine culture, its past history and its relevance to design today, looking at the style and influence of woven silk textiles"--
The sun is setting on the Western world. Slowly but surely, the direction in which the world spins has reversed: where for the last five centuries the globe turned westwards on its axis, it now turns to the east. For centuries, fame and fortune was to be found in the west - in t…
by Wallerstein, Immanuel Maurice
fromStudies in social discontinuity
Immanuel Wallerstein's highly influential, multi-volume opus, The Modern World-System, is one of this century's greatest works of social science. An innovative, panoramic reinterpretation of global history, it traces the emergence and development of the modern world from the six…
