The Silk Roads A Brief History with Documents

by Liu, Xinru

• ISBN13: 9780312475512
• ISBN10: 0312475519
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-03-21
• Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's

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Author Biography

Xinru Liu Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania) is associate professor of history at the College of Now Jersey in Ewing, where she teaches world history, the history of South Asia, and the history of Central Asia. She is associated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of History and Institute of World History. Among her many publications are The Silk Road in World History; Connections Across Eurasia: Transportation, Communication, and Cultural Exchange on the Sill Roads with Lynda Norene Shaffer; Silk and Religion: An Exploration of Material Life and the Thought of People, A. D. 600-1200; and Ancient India and Ancient. China: Trade and Religious Exchanges, A.D. 1-600.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. v
Preface	p. vii
List of Maps and Illustrations	p. xv
Introduction: From the Rise of the Silk Roads to a Eurasian Market System	p. 1
China's Trade on the Western Frontier, Second First Centuries BCE	p. 4
Rome's Trade to the East, First Century BCE Second Century CE	p. 7
The Kushan Empire and the Influence of Buddhism, Second Century BCE Second Century CE	p. 10
The Oasis Towns of Central Asia and the Spread of Buddhism, Third-Seventh Centuries	p. 15
The Byzantine Empire and Silks in Royal Purple, Sixth Ninth Centuries	p. 19
The Tang Empire and Foreign Traders and Priests, Eighth Tenth Centuries	p. 22
Muslim Baghdad in the Eurasian Market, Ninth Eleventh Centuries	p. 26
Trade Networks from the Mediterranean to the South China Sea, Tenth Thirteenth Centuries	p. 28
The Documents	p. 35
China's Trade on the Western Frontier, Second-First Centuries BCE	p. 37
Sima Qian, Records of the Grand Historian of China, Early First Century BCE	p. 37
Ban Gu, History of the Former Han Dynasty, Late First Century CE	p. 44
Documents Excavated from Juyan Fort on the Great Wall, ca. 103 BCE-40 CE	p. 47
Letter from an Officer to His Wife	p. 48
Travelers' Passports	p. 49
Soldiers'Work Assignments	p. 49
Rome's Trade to the East, First Century BCE-Second Century CE	p. 51
Strabo, The Geography, Early First Century CE	p. 51
Arrian, The Campaigns of Alexander, ca.145-60 CE	p. 54
Pliny, Natural History, 77 CE	p. 59
The Voyage around the Red Sea, First Century CE	p. 74
Ptolemy, The Geography, Mid-Second Century CE	p. 80
The Kushan Empire and the Influence of Buddhism, Second Century BCE-Second Century CE	p. 84
The Questions of King Milinda, ca. 166-150 BCE	p. 84
The Lotus of the True Law, First Century BCE-First Century CE	p. 91
TheAmitabha Sutra, First Century BCE-FirstCentury CE	p. 94
Votive Inscription on a Silver Plaque from Taxila, First-Second Centuries CE	p. 99
The Oasis Towns of Central Asia and the Spread of Buddhism, Third-Seventh Centuries	p. 100
Documents Excavated from the Ruins ofNiya, Third Century	p. 100
Contract for the Sale of a Vineyard	p. 100
An Ownership Dispute about a Slave	p. 101
Regulations for a Community of Monks	p. 102
Nanai-vandak, Letter to the Noble Lord Varzakk, ca. 313	p. 102
Faxian, A Record of the Buddhist Kingdoms, ca. 416	p. 105
Song Yun and Huisheng, The Mission of Song Yun and Huisheng, ca. 547	p. 107
Huili and Yanzong, The Life ofXuanzang, ca. 664-688	p. 111
Inventories Excavated from a Turfan Cemetery, Mid Seventh Century	p. 114
Tang Zhuanghui, ca. 641	p. 115
Xinfu,672	p. 115
The Byzantine Empire and Silks in Royal Purple, Sixth Ninth Centuries	p. 120
Procopius, History of the Wars, ca. 550	p. 120
Procopius, The Secret History, ca. 550	p. 123
The Book of the Eparch, ca. 895	p. 125
The Tang Empire and Foreign Traders and Priests, Eighth Tenth Centuries	p. 133
Zhang Zhuo, Anecdotes from the Court and the Country, ca. 705	p. 133
Jingjing, Inscriptions from the Nestorian Stele, 781	p. 136
The Messiah of Christians	p. 137
The Development of the Christian Church in China	p. 137
Liu Xu and Others, The Old Tang History, 941-945	p. 140
Muslim Baghdad in the Eurasian Market, Ninth-Eleventh Centuries	p. 144
Sulayman al-Tajir and Others, An Account of China and India, ca. 851	p. 144
Mas'udi, The Meadows of Gold: TheAbbasids, ca. 947	p. 146
Book of Gifts and Rarities, Eleventh Century	p. 149
Trade Networks from the Mediterranean to the South China Sea, Tenth Thirteenth Centuries	p. 152
Captain Buzurg Ibn Shahriyar, The Book of the Wonders of India, 953	p. 152
Inscription on a Cliff in the Port of Quanzhou, 1183	p. 155
Ibn Jubayr, The Travels of lbn Jubayr, ca. 1185	p. 157
Letter from a Jewish Trader in India to His Wife in Cairo, 1204	p. 159
Zhao Rukuo, Records concerning Foreign Countries, 1225	p. 164
Marco Polo, The Travels of Marco Polo, the Venetian, ca. 1298	p. 166
Song Lian and Others, History of the Yuan Dynasty, 1370	p. 168
Appendixes
A Chronology of the Silk Roads Second Century BCE Thirteenth Century CE	p. 171
Questions for Consideration	p. 174
Selected Bibliography	p. 176
Index	p. 183
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