Fifteen Lectures on Silk Road Civilization
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This book is based on the general courses taught by the author at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and takes the historical Silk Road as the main line to comprehensively sort out the political, economic, and cultural exchanges of human civilization on the Eurasian continent from prehistory to 1500. The author first summarizes the origins and characteristics of civilization, and then gives a lively, concrete and detailed introduction to the history of the Silk Road civilization, focusing on topics such as Alexander's Eastern Expedition and Zhang Qian's hollowing out, Kumarajiva's translation of scriptures and Fa Xian's pursuit of Dharma, the Sogdians in Sino-Western exchanges, the spread of paper to the west and the spread of letters to the east, the founding and spread of Islam, the westward migration of the Turks and the impact of the Mongolian conquest on Eurasian civilization, etc. The book outlines the history of Eurasian civilization through the Silk Road, making the complicated and magnificent history of human civilization clear and accessible.
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