Silk: trade et exchange along the silk roads between Rome and China in antiquity 9781785702792, 9781785702808, 9781785702815, 9781785702822, 1785702793

Already in Greek and Roman antiquity a vibrant series of exchange relationships existed between the Mediterranean region

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PrefaceIntroduction: Silk on the Silk Roads. Exchange between East and West in Antiquity.Berit HildebrandtLooking towards the West - how the Chinese viewed the Romans Liu Xinru 2. Textiles and Trade in South Asia during the Proto-Historic and Early Historic PeriodJ. Mark Kenoyer 3. Word migration on the Silk Road: the etymology of English silk and its congenersAdam Hyllested 4. Silk production and trade in the Roman EmpireBerit Hildebrandt 5. Perspectives on the wide world of luxury in later Antiquity: silk and other exotic textiles found in Syria and EgyptThelma K. Thomas 6. Decoration, astrology and empire: inscribed silk from Niya in the Taklamakan DesertLillian Lan-ying Tseng 7. Domestic, wild or unravelled? A study on tabby, taquete and jin with spun silk from Yingpan, Xinjiand, thierd-fourth centuriesZhao Feng 8. Chinese silks that circulated among people north and west: implications for technological exchanges in early times?Angela Sheng Dr. Irene Lee Good (April 24 1958 - February 3 2013). An appreciationRobert E. Murowchick, Angela Sheng and Kaoru Ueda

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