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silk roads peoples cultures landscapes 9780500021576 this book is the firstprehensive illustrated publication on the silk roads. edited by an established authority on the subject the silk roads situates the ancient routes against the landscapes thatfined them to reveal the raw materials that they produced the means of travel that were employed to traverse them and themunities that were formed by them.

silk roads peoples cultures landscapes from silk to spices religion to dance traffic in goods and as was crucial to thevelopment of civilizations through rich cultural interactions and economic activity. centered around the dramatic landscapes of the silk roads this beautiful volume honors the great diversity of medieval oeurasian cultures.

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new book silk roads peoples cultures landscapes silk oeurasia to some of the many peoples and cultures inhabiting these landscapes over the silk road period and to the uncovering of their archaeological legacy. the book is structured by the types of landscape through which the silk roadworks passed steppe mountains and highlands rivers and plainsserts and oases and seas.

silk roads peoples cultures landscapes edited by susan whitfield an established authority on the subject with contributionsom over 80 leading scholarsom across the globe silk roads situates the ancient routes against the landscapes thatfined them to reveal the raw materials that they produced the means of travel that were employed to traverse them and themunities that were shaped by them.

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silk roads peoples cultures landscapes edited by silk roads peoples cultures landscapes susan whitfield ed thames and hudson october 2019 university of california press october 2019 the disadvantage however of having multiple short articles is that wly diverse coverage is presented in bitesized pieces. some subjects are just too broad for treatments of 1000 words or fewer and can jumpom one end of the continent to the other and in millenniumsized bounds.