LEADER 03397nam 2200649 450 001 9910463845703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-520-96029-7 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520960299 035 $a(CKB)2670000000592937 035 $a(EBL)1719329 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001421334 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12595247 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001421334 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11429606 035 $a(PQKB)11606509 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1719329 035 $a(DE-B1597)519214 035 $a(OCoLC)1102798142 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520960299 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1719329 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11017446 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL719679 035 $a(OCoLC)902804684 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000592937 100 $a20140711h20152015 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLife along the Silk Road /$fSusan Whitfield 205 $aSecond edition. 210 1$aOakland, California :$cUniversity of California Press,$d[2015] 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (317 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-520-28059-8 311 $a1-322-88397-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPrologue: the shipmaster's tale -- The merchant's tale -- The soldier's tale -- The horseman's tale -- The princess's tale -- The courtesan's tale -- The pilgrim's tale -- The writer's tale -- The official's tale -- The nun's tale -- The widow's tale -- The artist's tale. 330 $a"In this long-awaited second edition, Susan Whitfield expands her trailblazing exploration of the Silk Road and broadens her rich and varied portrait of life along the great premodern trade routes of Eurasia. This new edition is comprehensively updated to support further understanding of themes relevant to global and comparative history. In the first 1,000 years after Christ, merchants, missionaries, monks, mendicants, and military men traveled on the vast network of Central Asian tracks that became known as the Silk Road. Whitfield recounts the lives of twelve individuals who lived at different times during this period, including two new characters: an African shipmaster and a Persian traveler and writer during the Arab caliphate. With these additional tales, Whitfield extends both geographical and chronological scope, bringing into view the maritime links across the Indian Ocean and depicting the network of north-south routes from the Baltic to the Gulf. Throughout the narrative, Whitfield conveys a strong sense of what life was like for ordinary men and women on the Silk Road, the individuals usually forgotten to history. A work of great scholarship, Life along the Silk Road continues to be extremely accessible and entertaining"--Provided by publisher. 606 $aHISTORY / Asia / General$2bisacsh 607 $aSilk Road$xHistory 607 $aSilk Road$vBiography 607 $aAsia$xHistory 608 $aElectronic books. 615 7$aHISTORY / Asia / General. 676 $a950 700 $aWhitfield$b Susan$f1960-$01037232 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910463845703321 996 $aLife along the Silk Road$92458061 997 $aUNINA