Empires of ancient Eurasia : the first Silk Roads era, 100 BCE - 250 CE

1. Verfasser: Benjamin, Craig , [VerfasserIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: [Cambridge, United Kingdom] ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
Umfang/Format: xi, 304 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Schriftenreihe: New approaches to Asian history
Schlagworte:
iDAI.gazetteer: Eurasia
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Pastoral nomads and the empires of the steppe
  • Early China : prelude to the Silk Roads
  • Zhang Qian and Han expansion into Central Asia
  • The early Han Dynasty and the eastern Silk Roads
  • Rome and the western Silk Roads
  • The Parthian Empire and the Silk Roads
  • The Kushan Empire : at the crossroads of ancient Eurasia
  • Maritime routes of the first Silk Roads era
  • Collapse of empires and the decline of the first Silk Roads era.