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Rome and China provides an updated history and analysis of contacts
and mutual influence between two of ancient Eurasia’s most
prominent imperial powers, Rome and China. It highlights the
extraordinary interconnectivity of ancient Eurasia which allowed
for actual contacts between Rome and China (however fleeting) and
examines in detail the influences from both ends of Eurasia which
had cultural and political consequences for both Rome and China.
This volume will be of interest to anyone working on the Roman
Empire, Inner Asia, the Silk Routes and China in the Classical and
Late Antique periods.
Rome and China provides an updated history and analysis of contacts
and mutual influence between two of ancient Eurasia's most
prominent imperial powers, Rome and China. It highlights the
extraordinary interconnectivity of ancient Eurasia which allowed
for actual contacts between Rome and China (however fleeting) and
examines in detail the influences from both ends of Eurasia which
had cultural and political consequences for both Rome and China.
This volume will be of interest to anyone working on the Roman
Empire, Inner Asia, the Silk Routes and China in the Classical and
Late Antique periods.
This book studies the complex system of trade exchanges and
commerce that profoundly changed Roman society. In ancient times
there were several major trade routes that connected the Roman
Empire to exotic lands in the distant East. Ancient sources reveal
that after the Augustan conquest of Egypt, valued commodities from
India, Arabia and China became increasingly available to Roman
society. These sources describe how Roman traders went far beyond
the frontiers of their Empire, travelling on overland journeys and
maritime voyages to acquire the silk, spices and aromatics of the
remote East.Records from ancient China, early India and a range of
significant archaeological discoveries provide further evidence for
these commercial contacts. Truly global in its scope, this study is
the first comprehensive enquiry into the extent of this trade and
its wider significance to the Roman world. It investigates the
origins and development of Roman trade voyages across the Indian
Ocean, considers the role of distant diplomacy and studies the
organization of the overland trade networks that crossed the inner
deserts of Arabia through the Incense Routes between the Yemeni
Coast and ancient Palestine. It also considers the Silk Road that
extended from Roman Syria across Iraq, through the Persian Empire
into inner Asia and, ultimately, China.
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