Книга Silk Roads. Peoples, Cultures, Landscapes. Susan Whitfield (english)

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Книга Silk Roads. Peoples, Cultures, Landscapes. Susan Whitfield (english)

Ціна: 3000 грн.

Ціна: 2850 грн.

Автор: Susan Whitfield
Видавництво: Thames and Hudson Ltd
Мова: Англійска
Рік видання: 2019
Формат: 225 х 286 мм
Кількість сторінок: 480

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Артикул: 9780500021576 Категорії: , Product ID: 39790

As world powers realign their cultural, economic and political outlooks, there is no better time to consider how Afro-Eurasia’s complex network of ancient trade routes – which spanned the vastness of the steppe, vertiginous mountain ranges, fertile river plains and forbidding deserts across the continents and on to the seas beyond – fostered economic activity and cultural, political and technological communication. From silk to slaves, fashion to music, religion to science the movement of interaction of goods, people and ideas was crucial to the flourishing of peoples and their cultures across this vast region.

Edited by Susan Whitfield, an established authority on the subject, with contributions from over 80 leading scholars from across the globe, Silk Roads situates the ancient routes against the landscapes that defined them, to reveal the raw materials that they produced, the means of travel that were employed to traverse them and the communities that were shaped by them. Organized by terrain, from steppe to desert to ocean, each section includes detailed maps, a historical overview, thematic essays and features showcasing art, buildings and archaeological discoveries. A wealth of photographs reveals the breathtaking and often forbidding landscapes encountered by travellers and traders through the millennia.

With one section inscribed as a World Heritage Corridor by UNESCO in 2014 and others to follow, and China claiming the Silk Roads as the precursor of its Belt Road Initiative, this network of ancient trade routes and the interaction along them has never been of greater interest or importance than today. This beautiful publication honours the astonishing diversity in the way cultures advance and flourish not in spite of their differences, but because of them.

Вага 2.36 kg
Розміри 286 × 225 × 0.4 mm
Автор

Susan Whitfield

Видавництво

Thames and Hudson Ltd

Мова

Англійська

Рік видання

2019

Кількість сторінок

480

Ілюстрації

Кольорові

Формат

225 х 286 мм

Папір

Крейдований

ISBN

9780500021576

Штрихкод

9780500021576

Палітурка

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