| Autore |
Kotyk Jeffrey
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| Edizione | [First edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa |
Brill, 2024
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| Descrizione fisica |
1 online resource (351 pages)
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| Disciplina |
327.51055
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| Collana |
Asian Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2024
Crossroads - History of Interactions across the Silk Routes
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| Soggetto topico |
Civilization, Arab
Parthians
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| ISBN |
9789004700833
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| Formato |
Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione |
eng
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| Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Tables and Figures -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 China and Parthia -- 1 Parthia in Chinese Sources -- 2 Rome and Sino-Parthian Relations -- 3 Chinese Religion and Parthia -- Chapter 3 Sino-Iranian Relations in the Sasanian Period -- 1 The Ethnonym of Persia in Chinese -- 2 Early Descriptions of Persia -- 3 The Persian Calendar -- 4 The Persian Language in China -- 5 Diplomacy between Sasanian Iran and China -- 6 The Demise of the Sasanian State and the Persian Diaspora -- Chapter 4 Chinese Buddhists and Persia -- 1 Chinese Buddhist Histories and Ethnography -- 2 Iran in Chinese Buddhist Texts -- 3 Xuanzang's Travelogue and Translations -- 4 Mahāyāna Texts and Iran -- 5 Other East Asian Buddhist Materials -- 6 Conclusion -- Chapter 5 Iranian Religions in China-Adaptation and Integration -- 1 The Establishment of Iranian Religions in Tang China -- 2 Zoroastrianism: Adaptation and Integration -- 3 The Frontier and Zoroastrianism -- 4 Iranian Religions in Tang China: Adaptation and Integration -- Chapter 6 Astrology and Astral Magic -- 1 Astrology and Divination in China -- 2 Buddhist Astrology -- 3 Indo-Iranian Elements in Tang Astrology -- 4 Astrological Iconography -- 5 The Eight, Nine, and Eleven Planets -- Chapter 7 Material and Commercial Cultures -- 1 Trade Commodities -- 2 Metals, Minerals, and Gems -- 3 Persians and Arabs in Southeast Asia and Southern China -- 4 Textiles -- 5 Aromatics -- 6 Consumables -- 7 Conclusion -- Chapter 8 The Early Accounts of Islam and Arab States in Chinese Sources -- 1 Problems in the Historiography of Early Islam -- 2 Sino-Arab Contacts -- 3 The Ethnonym "Tāzīk" in Chinese -- 4 The Account of the Prophet and Islamic Culture in Chinese Sources.
5 The Umayyads and Abbasids in Chinese Sources -- 6 The Significance of Chinese Sources -- Bibliography -- Index -- Back Cover.
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| Altri titoli varianti |
China and the Parthians, Sasanians, and Arabs in the First Millennium
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| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910907059103321 |
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