Silk Roads : A Brief History with Documents and 45 similar items

Condition: Very Good. Packed in a RIGID mailer with cardboard backing and padding. (See Photos)! Pages: not written on, clean, bright, odor free. Cover: clean, bright, near fine edges, minor bumping at front top left. Ships from California. Ships same or next day (weekdays and Saturdays)! ABOUT: Size: 5.5" x 8.5". "The Silk Roads: A Brief History with Documents" by Xinru Liu provides a comprehensive overview of the historical and cultural significance of the Silk Roads. The book covers more than 1500 years of history, detailing how these ancient trade routes connected East and West, facilitating the exchange of goods, ideas, and technologies2. Liu has compiled primary sources from ancient China, India, Central Asia, Rome, the Mediterranean, and the Islamic world. These sources include court histories, geographies, philosophical treatises, letters, travelers' accounts, inventories, inscriptions, laws, and religious texts2. The book also features maps, document headnotes, annotations, a chronology, questions for consideration, and a selected bibliography to support further study.