Reimagining The Silk Roads Interactions And Perceptions Across Eurasia | Archaeology

This book brings together scholars from many disciplines to shed light on the long history of the silk roads to redefine it and to demonstrate its vitality and importance. Reimagining the Silk Roads illuminates economic spiritual and political networks bridging different chronologies and geographies. Richly illustrated it explores fascinating topics including archaeological discoveries oceanic explorations the movement and impact of ideas and the ways in which the silk roads broadly defined contributed to processes of globalization. Reconciling the study of land and sea routes and paying attention to themes such as material culture environment trade and the role of religious faiths the authors offer complex yet accessible studies of the history of interactions and perceptions across Eurasia over the last 3 000 years. The editors critically respond to the recent politicisation of the silk roads and reflect on their polycentric character. The book challenges and revives silk roads studies and it will be relevant not only to researchers in archaeology history heritage and related fields but also to the general reader. The Open Access version of this book available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com has been made available under a Creative Commons [Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND)] 4.0 license. |Reimagining the Silk Roads Interactions and Perceptions Across Eurasia | Archaeology