The silk road in world history book

The silk road traversed the territory around the taklamakan desert in northwest china and included the routes that connected china with iran. For a different take on the same material, 2 other books you can check out are the silk road. The silk road derives its name from the lucrative trade in silk carried out along its length, beginning in the han dynasty in china 207 bce220 ce. The silk road in world history by xinru liu books on. The epic history of the crossroads of the world the meeting place of east and west and the birthplace of civilization.

A new history of the world reprint by frankopan, peter isbn. The silk road was an ancient network of trade routes, formally established during the han dynasty of china, which linked the regions of the ancient world in commerce between bce1453 ce. Jun 10, 2010 a very engaging book on the evolution of the silk road, and its pivotal role in the promotion of trade and connecting empires in world history. The silk road, a transeurasian network of trade routes connecting east and southeast asia to central asia, india, southwest asia, the mediterranean, and northern europe, which flourished from roughly 100 bce to around 1450, has enjoyed two modern eras of intense academic study. Frankopan is an exhilarating companion for the journey along the routes which conveyed silk, slaves, ideas, religion, and disease, and around which today may hang the destiny of the world. The silk road in world history paperback xinru liu. The silk road in world history paperback xinru liu oxford. The eastwest trade routes between greece and china began to open during the first and second centuries b. The silk road and europes interaction has been exhaustively covered in the historiography already. Ancient history encyclopedia receives a small commission for each book sold through our affiliate partners. Instead, a complex network of trade routes spanned afroeurasias mountains, plains, deserts, and seas. The silk roads continue to capture the imagination of the public, and, in 2014, a section of the land routes was designated a world heritage site by unesco. The silk road was a network of trade routes connecting china and the far east with the middle east and europe. The silk road in world history by xinru liu goodreads.

For example, how does columbus come to bear on the silk road. Feb 16, 2016 this is an excellent book which takes a different perspective on history than the usual run of history books. It is mostly based on the research from two of her previous books on trade, religion and sericulture. A remarkable book on many levels, a proper historical epic of dazzling range and achievement.

Several avenues are available for members of the uva community needing library resources, including hathitrusts newlyreleased trove of ed digital material, open educational resources, online journals, databases, and ebooks. Pdf the silk road in world history by xinru liu warner a. Peter frankopan is a trained historian, and so knows how to synthesise a great deal of information from cultures across asia and europe and the span of several centuries in a nuanced manner. Over 80 countries are now part of the initiative, frankopan points out, encompassing more than 63% of. In this intriguing book, xinru liu reveals both why and how this longdistance trade in luxury goods emerged in the late third century bce, following its story through to the mongol conquest. This network of exchange emerged along the borders between agricultural china and the steppe nomads during the han dynasty 206bce220ce, in consequence of the interdependence and the.

The silk road in world history xinru liu download free. Really, its a history of the world, as it takes in events in the americas and africa as well. Please tell me about your 2017 contribution to scholarship, the silk road. Far more than a history of the silk roads, this book is truly a revelatory new history of the world, promising to destabilize notions of where we come from and where we are headed next. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Mar 17, 2015 we can say that no e book that offer you world inside ten or fifteen moment right but this e book already do that. The silk road primarily refers to the land routes connecting east asia and southeast asia with south asia, persia, the arabian peninsula, east africa and southern europe. The silk roads of the title are the arteries along which people, goods, ideas, religions, disease and many other things have flowed. Like runciman, frankopan is a multilingual byzantinist whose first books were about. From the middle east and its political instability to china and its economic rise, the vast region. It conjures up a hazy image of a caravan of camels laden with silk on a dusty. Silk road in world history new oxford world history book.

It was on the silk roads that east and west first encountered each other through trade and conquest, leading to the spread of ideas, cultures and religions. Oct 02, 2018 peter frankopan the silk roads a new history of the world part 01. This new history of the world is a strangely myopic one for it. Reviews on the silk roads were generally positive and were published by the guardian, the independent, the telegraph, the times. Using demand and supply as the framework for analyzing the formation and development of the silk road, the book examines the dynamics of the interactions of.

The silk road was the contemporary name for a complex of ancient trade routes linking east asia with central asia, south asia, and the mediterranean world. From persia to rome, the black plague to the renaissance and even recent events in the middle east, its amazing to see the repetition of themes and events throughout civilization. The silk road in world history by xinru liu, 9780195338102, download free ebooks, download free pdf epub ebook. Also, the book offers a very good introduction to the history of central asia which is, unfortunately, insufficiently examined. The silk road in world history association for asian studies. Peter frankopan the silk roads a new history of the world part 01. Far more than a history of the silk roads, this book is truly a revelatory new history of the world, promising to destabilize notions of where we. A new history of the world with averil cameron former professor of. The silk road in world history um library digital collections. View the new experience and read this book on fulcrum. The best books on central asia and the silk road region. This is probably the most frustrating part of my experience because it was the reason i purchased the book and the blurb seems to state that china will be discussed.

Much of the new silk roads is about how chinas road has come to ring the world. The silk road in world history new oxford world history 9780195338102. Jul 29, 2010 the silk road in world history by xinru liu, 9780195338102, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. For my fourteenth birthday my parents gave me a book by the. Peter frankopan director of the oxford centre for byzantine research, university of oxford discusses his book the silk roads. Nov 08, 2016 peter frankopan director of the oxford centre for byzantine research, university of oxford discusses his book the silk roads. Peter frankopan the silk roads a new history of the world. Silk roads by susan whitfield hardcover university of. The silk road is as iconic in world history as the colossus of rhodes or the suez canal.

The roman empire and the kushan empire which ruled territory in. The silk roads is an ambitious project with an incomparable sense of depth, scope, and range that challenges the eurocentrism of mainstream history and strives to. The ancient trade routes that made up the silk road were some of the great conduits of cultural and material exchange in world history. The silk road in world history by xinru liu, 2010 online research. Jul 09, 2010 the silk road was the contemporary name for a complex of ancient trade routes linking east asia with central asia, south asia, and the mediterranean world. This book is not as advertised a new history of the world, but rather a view of the economic impact of trade on the western world. The silk road in world history xinru liu everything you always wanted to know about the silk road, this is the benchmark book on this chapter of the history of the region. The silk road in world history new oxford world history. We read here about his expedition but no analysis relating to the silk road at all. Many books have been written which claim to be a new history of the world. This network of exchange emerged along the borders between agricultural china and the steppe nomads during the han dynasty 206bce220ce, in consequence of the interdependence and the conflicts of these two distinctive societies. This is strictly a economic history of the silk road as a trade system. This very mediocre travelogue has none of the joyous travel spirit of bouvier, the sheer love of adventure.

The silk roads is part of the genre of popular history books that purports to tell the history of the world through one particular theme or from one particular vantage point, and is better than most of them. In june 2016 the silk roads was chosen to be the waterstones nonfiction book of the month. The reality was differentand far more interestingas. The silk road was the contemporary name for a complex of ancient trade routes. A lively read as far as history goes at least the silk roads is a sweeping view of world history, covering particularly the rise, fall and rise of the east. The silk road, a transeurasian network of trade routes connecting east and southeast asia to central asia, india, southwest asia, the mediterranean, and northern europe, which flourished from.

My book focuses on seven silk road sites and proceeds in chronological order. The silk road in world history by xinru liu, 2010 online. The silk road was the contemporary name for a comple. Because of that, this book gets rather dull and selective at times. The book barely touches upon the cultural, religious, and even political history of the silk road and its heartland, central asia. A crusty old man travels the silk road from china to turkey.