Along the silk road book

All chicago ebooks are on sale at 30% off with the code ebook30. This collection of papers formed part of the symposium, nomads, traders and holy men along chinas silk road, held at the asia society in new york on november 910, 2001. A photo journey along the silk road by alesha and jarryd last updated on. One comes away from this book convinced that the multidimensional history of the silk roads deserves a central place in an understanding of the roots of the. How the black death spread along the silk road history. The silk road is a term used to designate a group of trade routes that stretched from eastern asia to the mediterranean sea. Scientific advances, philosophical ideas and much else was crossfertilised by exposure to east and west. The book recounts the stories, the lives of ten individuals who lived along the silk road in different era. Empire building along the new silk road paperback february 15, 2017 by.

A father teaches his son to ride a horse in a pasture of the suusamyr plateau in kyrgyzstan, 2,500 meters above sea level, along the ancient silk. Life along the silk road by susan whitfield, hardcover. The axis of history writing seemed to shift east with frankopans sweeping history, which placed the silk road at the very centre of world events books of the. The swirl, introduced by the sogdians, was performed all along the silk road by men and women alike, and described by contemporaries as fastpaced and exciting. A photo trip along the ancient silk road the atlantic. A new history of the world by peter frankopan, empires of the silk. The silk road, a series of ancient trade routes stretching across central asia to europe, evokes exotic images of camel trains laden with bales of fine chinese silk, spices, and perfume, of desert oases surrounded by snowcapped mountains, of bustling markets thronging with travellers buying and selling grapes, coriander, baltic amber, and mediterranean coral. Along the silk road by yoyo ma meet your next favorite book. As such, this book gives a great overview of central asian and silk road history from antiquity to the present day while being profusely illustrated. The rich resources of china, tibet, india, persia iran, arabia saudi arabia, turkey, and other countries were exchanged for thousands of years along roads that. Author puts together all the archaeological and manuscript finds and weaves the facts into life events of various characters, e. The dynamics of trade along the silk road major sections along the silk road because silk road trade involved such long distances, goods had to be light and valuable.

Trade along the socalled silk road economic belt included fruits and vegetables, livestock, grain, leather and hides, tools, religious objects. Indeed, some argue that it continues to the present day. The storytelling of each character is more academic than historicfiction. It flows through the heart of asia, but it has officially vanished leaving behind the pattern of its restlessness. Life along the silk road berkeley, universit oyf californi pressa, 1999. Covid19 is traveling along the new silk road wired. This richly illustrated, lively book is keynoted by yoyo mas candid insights into contemporary music and the silk road routes of asia. Though the main focus of the book seems to be the chinese portions of the silk road, readers will find his descriptions of the taliban in afganistan back in around 1998 quite chilling. Life along the silk road by susan whitfield 45 words 6 pages. This new edition is comprehensively updated to support further understanding of themes relevant to global and comparative history and remains the only history of the silk road to reconstruct the route. In this longawaited second edition, susan whitfield broadens her exploration of the silk road and expands her rich and varied portrait of life along the great premodern trade routes of eurasia. Origin and evolution of ancient chinese glass fx gan. The nook book ebook of the dragons along the silk road.

This book offers a peak into the fascinating lives of people who lived along the silk road during its hay day and decline. In each chapter of the book a new set of characters and their adventure on the trade. The book presents new results of the studies on ancient glasses along the southern and sea silk roads, and discusses the influence of the silk road on ancient chinese glass technology and art. The silk road allowed, possibly for the first, the sustained transmission of diseases endemic to central asia to move out along the road to europe, explains mark welford, a professor at the.

A new history of the world is a 2015 nonfiction book written by peter frankopan, an english academic at the university of oxford. Empire building along the new silk road, tom miller is published by zed books. This book provides a good insight on what it was like to travel on the silk road. The experiences add up to an interesting portrait of lands and people not well known or appreciated for all the twists of fate history has dealt them. In some ways it is historical fiction, but she doesnt make anything up. Origin and evolution of ancient chinese glass 4,303 kb contents. The best books on central asia and the silk road region. It starts in the begining of the historic silk road in china and he finishes with contemporary music of islamic communit this book is somewhere between a travelogue and history. Nomads, traders and holy men along chinas silk road.

Writing in a styl somewhae reminiscent oft edward schafers the golden peaches of samarkand, susan whitfiel produced d a nea littlt e book entitle lifed along the silk road. Essay on life along the silk road 6 words bartleby. For centuries, fame and fortune were to be found in the west in. As such, translation played a prominent role in the propagation of mathematical works along the silk roads. Along the silk roads in mongol eurasia generals, merchants, and intellectuals. The famous cellist yoyo ma started the silk road project in 1998 to further cultural study of a swathe of countries from japan to france that lie along the old trade routes across asia, which facilitated the exchange of goods like silk and spices. March 25, 2020 41 comments carving culture and history through the sands of time, few trading routes have continued to capture the imagination of explorers and travellers quite like the silk road. The travels of marco polo, dictated by him, described chinese politics, economy, and culture in detail, which greatly aroused the desire of westerner to go to china and had a great effect on the european navigation.

Life along the silk road susan whitfield university of california press, 1999 monks and merchants. An abandoned mailbag, containing eight letters written in this language in the early 300s, describing the trade with china and the edge of the iranian world, was. Silk road project, inc contains essays and illustrations which explore aspects of the history and contemporary status of the silk road, a trade network that connected central asia to east asia and the mediterranean from. Other contributors explore the silk road in their roles as archaeologists, photographers, scientists and film critics. It is a good read for people with special interest in history. This book life along the silk road gives a rich account of the varied history of the silk road. Extremes along the silk road by nick middleton books. Theres surprisingly few academic works about the fabled silk road and central asia, much less a illustrated one. A work of great scholarship, life along the silk road continues to be both accessible and entertaining. History and politics of xinjiang, the chinese end including the tarim basintaklamakan area of the silk road. As the silk road was not a single thoroughfare from east to west, the term silk routes has become increasingly favored by historians, though silk road is the more common and recognized name.

Christianity spread along the silk roads under the romans. The chicago distribution center has reopened and is fulfilling orders. Tom miller, chinas asian dream, empire building along the new silk road london. The silk road is the fabled route that cuts through one of the most extraordinary tracts of land on this planet. The city of baghdad was a centre of culture during the arab abbasid period from 750 to 1258 ce and caliphs like harun alrashid b. 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. The silk road did not end with dong baode in the tenth century. The second chapter is a short travelogue of the authors effort to track down the folk music and dance of the past. Also exchanged were ideas governing disparate facets of culture, like music, art. Buy a cheap copy of life along the silk road book by susan whitfield.

Along the silk roads in mongol eurasia by michal biran. This meant that the goods traded along the silk road were often luxury goods such as silk, precious stones, felt, glass, coins, and dyes. The silk roads of the title are the arteries along which people, goods. Life along the silk road by susan whitfield presents a highly original version of history. Greece, and then rome, and then northern europe are the main center of attention, with asia being viewed as an afterthought the vast lands along the silk roads are just a blank space on the map. Life along the silk road by susan whitfield paperback. This book looks at the world from the perspective of the middle east and central asia, which was the cradle of civilization and today is the home of. However, the content and scholarly accuracy is not always the best. Although there are still many gaps in the literature, there is already a wealth of writing in english on central asia and the silk road. Throughout the narrative, whitfield conveys a strong sense of what life was like for ordinary men and women on the silk road, the individuals usually forgotten to history. Asian civilizations 1 24 october 2017 no peace without a princess in the book, life along the silk road by susan whitfield, accounts of individuals living along the silk road were reconstructed to provide readers the personal experiences each faced.

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. Although the silk road has inspired several important museum exhibitions, none had focused on the hexi corridor nor attempted to analyze the complexity of the crosscultural relationships within chinas borders. When i saw this book coming out i was really excited. A wellknown traveler and explorer, marco polo headed for china along the silk road in the yuan dynasty 127168. Did you know mathematical sciences along the silk roads. Susan whitfield in the first 1,000 years after christ, merchants, missionaries, monks, mendicants, and military men traveled on the vast network of central asian tracks that became known as the silk road.