Environment and empires -- Eras of Silk Road fluorescence -- The biological Silk Road -- The Technological Silk Road -- The arts on the Silk Road -- Whither the Silk Road?
Summary
This title presents a new look at an ancient subject: the silk road that linked China, India, Persia and the Mediterranean across the expanses of Central Asia. James A. Millward highlights unusual but important biological, technological, and cultural exchanges over the silk roads that stimulated development across Eurasia and underpin civilization in our modern, globalized world
