Premodern Travel in World History

by STEPHEN S GOSCH; Department of

• ISBN13: 9780415229418
• ISBN10: 0415229413
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2007-11-30
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Featuring some of the greatest travellers in human historythis survey uses succinct accounts of the most epic journeys in the premodern world as lenses through which to examine the development of early travel, trade and cultural interchange.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	p. viii
Preface	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
Beginnings to 1000 BCE	p. 7
The classical period	p. 19
The Middle East and the Mediterranean region, 1000 BCE-500 CE	p. 21
China, Central Asia, and the establishment of the Silk Road, 200 BCE-500 CE	p. 50
The post-classical period	p. 73
Buddhist journeys, 400-900 CE	p. 75
A decisive new framework	p. 104
Muslim travelers, 700-1400 CE	p. 112
Marco Polo and the heritage of Christian travel	p. 134
An explosion of travel: the fifteenth century and beyond	p. 161
Conclusion	p. 175
Index	p. 178
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