Traveling the Silk Road by Mark A Norell

Traveling the Silk Road by Mark A Norell

Spanning the Eurasian continent and thousands of years, the Silk Road was an incredible network of trade routes, but wares were far from the only goods exchanged on its expanses. People from many lands travelled the passages of the Silk Road and with them they brought their religion, culture, art, music, cuisine, technology and way of life. Silk from China was brought to Rome, glass from Baghdad found its way to Mongolia. Buddhism spread from India outward, the Koran travelled thousands of miles. And with each stop, a new variation was made on the object or idea that found itself in a new place. "Traveling the Silk Road" follows this transition and transmission of wares and culture from Xi'an, China, to Turfan, China, on to Samarkand in Uzbekistan, then Baghdad in Iraq and finally to Istanbul, Turkey and the sea routes around the continent. This truly epic journey is illustrated with amazing artwork, texts and artefacts found in archaeological sites all along the road.

Curator and Chair for the Division of Paleontology, Dr. Norell came to the American Museum of Natural History in 1989 from Yale University. In 1988 he earned his Ph.D. in biology from Yale. Curator for the Department of Asian Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Denise Leidy is a graduate of Wheaton College and received her Masters degree and Ph.D. from Columbia University. She has travelled widely on the Silk Road.

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ISBN 13	9781402781377
ISBN 10	1402781377
Title	Traveling the Silk Road
Author	Mark A Norell
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Union Square & Co.
Year published	2011-10-04
Number of pages	260
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