Story of the Silk Road

Author: Zhang Yiping
Language: English
ISBN/ISSN: 9787508508320
Published on: 2005-01
Paperback

This book introduces the Old Silk Road, an ancient trade channel from China to South Asia and West Asia via Central Asia, as well as to Europe and North Africa. It also points out that since ancient times cultural exchanges have been conducted through this road . Through it , four ancient civilizations – Chinese , Indian, Western Asian, and Greek and Roman civilizations – had direct exchanges and influences.

The Home of Silk
Zhang Qian’s Journey to the West
China and Rome : the Mysterious Strangers
Tribes on China’s Western Frontier During Han Dynasty
The Early Merchants on the Silk Road
The Introduction of Buddhism into China via the Silk Road
The Dispute on the West End of the Silk Road
The Great Tang Dynasty and the golden Age of the silk Road
International Trade during Tang dynasty
Tang Monks’ Searching for True Buddhist Scriptures in Indian sogdians, the Rich Merchant and Artist on the Silk road
The rising of Arabs
The Influence of Roman Arts on the Oriental Cultures
The Culture Diversity of the silk Road
The Foreign Religions Practiced in China
From the Crusades to Marco Polo
Lyons : the silk Capital of the Europe
The Interaction of Civilizations between the East and the West
Renaissance of the Silk Road and Dunhuang Buddhist Manuscripts