Chang, H. K.  1940- <br/><br/>
Civilizations of the Silk Road 
H.K. Chang ; [translated by Bruce Humes in collaboration with the author] 
 - New York  Routledge,  2023 
 - 1 Online-Ressource (270 Seiten) 
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<br/><br/> Preface -- Chapter I "Civilization": origins, diversity & continuity -- Chapter II Alexander's Eastern campaigns, Hellenism & Gandharan art -- Chapter III Mysteries of the Western regions: pioneering Zhang Qian & Han dynasty explorers -- Chapter IV Buddhism's genesis: to the West is a deity, Buddha is his name -- Chapter V Buddhism's spread in China: contemporaries Kumarajiva and Faxian: the encounter that didn't happen -- Chapter VI Sogdians along the Silk Road -- Chapter VII Golden peaches of Samarkand -- Chapter VIII Silk & paper -- Chapter IX Printing migrates West, alphabets migrate East -- Chapter X Origins and spread of Islamic civilization -- Chapter XI Islam in China -- Chapter XII Rise of the Turkic-speaking peoples and their westward migration -- Chapter XIII Westward migration of the Turkic peoples: from the Syr Darya to the Danube -- Chapter XIV Eurasia under Mongol rule -- Chapter XV The Timurid empire & the Ming treasure voyages -- Bibliography -- Index. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781003369899 1003369898 9781000886276 1000886271 9781000886290 1000886298 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>10.4324/9781003369899  doi 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Chronological Terms: </label><br/>500 v. Chr.-1500 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Kulturkontakt<br/>Migration 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Seidenstraße