Significance of Silk Roads in the History of Human Civilizations (Senri Ethnological Studies, 32))

Tadao Umesao; Toh Suigmura (Editors)

Published by National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka, 1992

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205 pp., illustrations, bibliography. ex-library, cover is well-worn label son front cover, label & stamp on title page, label on title page verso, pages dog-eared, a few pencil notes in page margins. Contents: Foreword; Silk Roads : Past and Future; Cultural Exchange on the Ancient Steppe Route: Some Observations on Pazyryk Heritage; Significance of Silk Road to Human Civilization : Its Cultural Dimension; Significance of Silk Roads Today: Proposal for a Historical Atlas ; Silk Road: A Culture of Imported Goods ; Behind the Prosperity of Silk Road; Music on Silk Roads: Ancient and Modern Times; Development of Japanese Research on Silk Road; From Chang An to Rome: Transformation of Buddhist Culture.; Physical Ornamentation in Tang Dynasty Zoomorphic Design; Buddhist Triad Icon in Gandhara: Its Spread Eastward and Transformation; Tocharian People: Silk Road Pioneers; Small Buddhist Images from Siberia's Far East; Interaction of an Unknown Hill People in Northwestern Thailand with the Ancient Trade along the Silk Road; India's Place on Ancient Trade Routes; Persian and Chinese Art Exchanges Along Silk-Roads; Chinese Influence on Persian Paintings of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries; Chinese Impact on Mamluk Minor Arts; Turkish Contributions to Cultural and Commercial Life Along Silk Road; Silk and the European Economy. Seller Inventory # B000ZC8ENSAMA063017

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Title: Significance of Silk Roads in the History of...

Publisher: National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka

Publication Date: 1992

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Fair