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020			_a9781107114968 (hardback)
020			_a9781107535435 (paperback
082	0	0	_a950/.1
100	1		_aBenjamin, Craig,
245	1	0	_aEmpires of ancient Eurasia : _bthe first Silk Roads era, 100 BCE - 250 CE / _cCraig Benjamin, Grand Valley State University.
260			_aUnited Kingdom: _bCambridge University Press, _c2018
300			_axi, 304 pages : _billustrations, maps
490	0		_aNew approaches to Asian history
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 284-297) and index.
505	0		_aPastoral 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.
520			_a"The Silk Roads are the symbol of the interconnectedness of ancient Eurasian civilizations. Using challenging land and maritime routes, merchants and adventurers, diplomats and missionaries, sailors and soldiers, and camels, horses and ships, carried their commodities, ideas, languages and pathogens enormous distances across Eurasia. The result was an underlying unity that traveled the length of the routes, and which is preserved to this day, expressed in common technologies, artistic styles, cultures and religions, even disease and immunity patterns"--
650		0	_aIntercultural communication _zEurasia
650		0	_aCommerce
650		0	_aTrade routes _zEurasia
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