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The Journey of Maps and Images on the Silk Road

By Philippe Foret , Andreas Kaplony

Book information

Publisher
Brill Academic Publishers
Year
2008
ISBN
9004171657, 9789004171657
LCC
GA1081 .J68 2008
Google Books ID
g4463EbsUlgC
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (2890220 bytes)
Series
Brill’s Inner Asian library
Pages
243\281
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

This book covers new ground on the diffusion and transmission of geographical knowledge that occurred at critical junctures in the long history of the Silk Road. Much of twentieth-century scholarship on the Silk Road examined the ancient archaeological objects and medieval historical records found within each cultural area, while the consequences of long-distance interaction across Eurasia remained poorly studied. Here ample attention is given to the journeys that notions and objects undertook to transmit spatial values to other civilizations. In retracing the steps of four major circuits right across the many civilizations that shared the Silk Road, "The Journey of Maps and Images on the Silk Road" traces the ways in which maps and images surmounted spatial, historical and cultural divisions.

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