TY - BOOK AU - Liu,Xinru TI - The Silk Road in world history SN - 0195161742 (hc.) AV - DS33.1 .L58 2010 U1 - 950.1 22 PY - 2010/// CY - Oxford, New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Cultural relations KW - Trade routes KW - Eurasia KW - History KW - Asia, Central KW - Civilization KW - Commerce KW - Silk Road N1 - 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 ER -