Premodern Travel in World History,9780415229418

Premodern Travel in World History

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Edition: 1st
ISBN13: 9780415229418
ISBN10: 0415229413
Format: Nonspecific Binding
Pub. Date: 2007-11-30
Publisher(s): Routledge
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Summary

Featuring some of the greatest travellers in human historythis survey uses succinct accounts of the most epic journeys in the premodern world as lenses through which to examine the development of early travel, trade and cultural interchange.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrationsp. viii
Prefacep. ix
Introductionp. 1
Beginnings to 1000 BCEp. 7
The classical periodp. 19
The Middle East and the Mediterranean region, 1000 BCE-500 CEp. 21
China, Central Asia, and the establishment of the Silk Road, 200 BCE-500 CEp. 50
The post-classical periodp. 73
Buddhist journeys, 400-900 CEp. 75
A decisive new frameworkp. 104
Muslim travelers, 700-1400 CEp. 112
Marco Polo and the heritage of Christian travelp. 134
An explosion of travel: the fifteenth century and beyondp. 161
Conclusionp. 175
Indexp. 178
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