Liu, Xinru.

The Silk Road in world history / Xinru Liu. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010. - x, 154 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. - New Oxford world history. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [131]-138) and index.

China looks west -- Rome looks east -- The Kushan empire and Buddhism -- A golden age emerges -- Transforming the Eurasian silk market -- The Mongols and the twilight of the Silk Road.

0195161742 (hc.) 0195338103 (pbk.) 9780195161748 (hc.) 9780195338102 (pbk.)

2009-051139


Cultural relations.
Trade routes--History.--Eurasia


Asia, Central--Civilization.
Asia, Central--History.
Eurasia--Commerce--History.
Silk Road--Civilization.
Silk Road--History.

DS33.1 / .L58 2010

950.1