The History of Central Asia: The Age of the Silk Roads: Vol 2 by Baumer, Christoph - 2014

London: I. B. Tauris, 2016. Hardcover. Near Fine in Good dust jacket. 398 pages. This is Volume Two in the series. shipping will be extra, please inquire dj has clear taped tear to front panel (dj now in mylar protector). ; 9 5/8 x 11 3/4

United Kingdom.: I.B.Tauris & Co Ltd.. 2014.. Endpaper maps, maps, profusely illustrated with colour photographic illustrations, x + 398pp, appendix, notes, bibliography, indices. Hardback in dustjacket. New. "The Age of the Silk Roads (c 200 BC- c 900 AD) shaped the course of the future. The foundation by the Han dynasty of an extensive network of interlinking trade routes, collectively known as the Silk Road, led to an explosion of cultural and commercial transactions across Central Asia that had a profound impact on civilization. In this second volume of his authoritative history of the region, Christoph Baumer explores the unique flow of goods, peoples and ideas along the dusty tracks and wandering caravan routes that brought European and Mediterranean orbits into contact with Asia. The Silk Roads, the author shows, enabled the spread across the known world of Christianity, Manichaeism, Buddhism and Islam, just as earlier they had caused Roman citizens to crave the exotic silk goods of the… Read More

Hardback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; In this second volume of his authoritative history of the region, Christoph Baumer explores the unique flow of goods, peoples and ideas along the dusty tracks and wandering caravan routes that brought European and Mediterranean orbits i