The Silk Roads: A Brief History with Documents (Paperback)

PARTI: INTRODUCTION: FROM THE RISE OF THE SILK ROADS TO A EURASIAN MARKET SYSTEM.- China's Trade on the Western Frontier, Second-First Centuries BCE.- Rome's Trade to the East, First Century BCE-Second Century CE.- The Kushan Empire and the Influence of Buddhism, Second Century BCE-Second Century CE.- The Oasis Towns of Central Asia and the Spread of Buddhism, Third-Seventh Centuries CE.- The Byzantine Empire and Silks in Royal Purple, Sixth-Ninth Centuries CE.- The Tang Empire and Foreign Traders and Priests, Eighth-Tenth Centuries CE.- Muslim Baghdad in the Eurasian Market, Ninth-Eleventh Centuries CE.- Trade Networks from the Mediterranean to the South China Sea, Tenth-Thirteenth Centuries CE.- PARTII: THE DOCUMENTS.