Liu, Xinru.

The Silk Road in world history / Xinru Liu. - Oxford ; Oxford University Press, 2010. - x, 154 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. - The new Oxford world history .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [131]-138) and index.

China looks west -- Rome looks east -- The Kushan empire and Buddhism -- A golden age emerges -- Transforming the Eurasian silk market -- The Mongols and the twilight of the Silk Road.

9780195161748 (hc.) RM234.79 9780195338102 (pbk.)


Trade routes--History.--Eurasia
Cultural relations.


Silk Road--History.
Silk Road--Civilization.
Eurasia--Commerce--History.
Asia, Central--History.
Asia, Central--Civilization.