Vadime Elisseeff
this was extremely interesting. The "Unknown" author is Vadime Elisseeff, Towards the middle of theth century, scholarly research revealed that the fabled Silk Roads, far from being mere trade routes, were cultural highways that played a pivotal role in linking east and west, intermittently bringing together nomads and city dwellers, pastoral peoples and farmers, merchants and monks, and soldiers and pilgrims.
Although the papers collected here are wideranging, they reveal the emergence of the concept of a common heritage and plural identity, .
Silk Roads | |
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ISBN | 1571812210 |
ISBN-13 | 9781571812216 |
Publication | First published January 1, 2000 |
Number of Pages | 352 |
Format Type | Hardcover |