Silk roads:

"The term 'Silk Road' conjures a range of romantic images. Camel caravans crossing desert dunes. Merchants trading silk and spices. Far-flung commerce between 'East' and 'West'. The reality was far richer. Focusing on a defining period between 500 and 1000 CE, this...

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Main Authors: Brunning, Sue ca. 20./21. Jh (Author), Yu-Ping, Luk (Author), O'Connell, Elisabeth R. (Author), Williams, Tim (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London The British Museum 2024
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:"The term 'Silk Road' conjures a range of romantic images. Camel caravans crossing desert dunes. Merchants trading silk and spices. Far-flung commerce between 'East' and 'West'. The reality was far richer. Focusing on a defining period between 500 and 1000 CE, this beautifully illustrated book reimagines the Silk Roads as a web of interlocking networks linking Asia, Africa and Europe, from Japan to Ireland, from the Arctic to Madagascar. It tells a remarkable story of people, objects and ideas flowing in all directions, through the traces these journeys left behind-including ceramics from Tang China recovered from a shipwreck in the Java Sea, sword-fittings set with Indian garnets buried in England, and a selection of letters and legal texts from a synagogue in Cairo revealing a Jewish community's links from India to al-Andalus. Woven throughout, encounters with various peoples active on the Silk Roads, from seafarers to Sogdians, Aksumites and Vikings,reveal the human stories, innovations and transfers of knowledge that emerged, shaping cultures and histories across continents centuries before the formation of today's globalised world."
Item Description:Rückseite Titelblatt: "Published to accompany the exhibition 'Silk Roads' at the British Museum from 26 September 2024 to 23 February 2025"
Includes bibliographical references (pages 296-297) and index
Physical Description:304 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten
ISBN:9780714124971
9780714124988

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