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The Silk Road
Susan Whitfield
其他書名
Trade, Travel, War and Faith
出版
British Library
, 2004
主題
Art / Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General
History / Asia / General
History / Asia / Central Asia
Social Science / Archaeology
ISBN
0712348662
9780712348669
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=PiOcPwAACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
For over two thousand years the Silk Road has attracted those wishing to make money, converts, diplomatic deals, conquests- or those simply looking to find a quiet place of retreat. Today the name continues to beguile, conjuring up images of exotic cities, gorgeous silks and other luxuries, and people and lives far removed from us in time, space and experience. Yet the residents of the Silk Road kingdoms and the journeying monks, merchants, soldiers and others who passed through had concerns which are familiar to us all. The new book gives us a glimpse into these lives through the manuscripts, artefacts, paintings, coins and textiles which lay hidden in the desert ruins until their discovery in the early twentieth century.