Central Asia and the Silk Road : economic rise and decline over several millennia /: economic rise and decline over several millennia. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Stephan Barisitz.
• Authors: Barisitz, Stephan
• Contents: Acknowledgements; Contents; About the Author; List of Tables and Boxes; List of Maps; Chapter 1: Central Asia (CA) and the Silk Road (SR): Definitions and Traits; 1.1 Motivation and Structure of This Work; 1.2 Definitions and Borders of Central Asia; 1.3 Central Asian Natural Environment: Synopsis of Regional Geography and Resources; 1.3.1 Geographical Zones; 1.3.2 Resources and Economic Potential; 1.4 Definition and Salient Traits of the Silk Road; References; Chapter 2: From the Beginnings to the Emergence of the Silk Road (SR). 2.1 Early Development of Eurasian Economic and Political Dualism: Toward Nomadism Versus Settled Existence (ca. 5000 BCE to 55 ... 2.1.1 Neolithic Revolution and Aeneolithic Period (Copper Age) in CA; 2.1.2 Bronze Age; 2.1.2.1 Southern CA: Proto-urban Oasis Cultures; 2.1.2.2 Northern CA: Domestication of Horse (Expansive Andronovo Culture); 2.1.3 Iron Age; 2.1.3.1 Southern CA: Urbanized Trade-Oriented Proto-states; 2.1.3.2 Northern CA: Mounted Nomadism, Mobile Pastoralism, and Military Prowess; 2.1.4 Central Asian Precursor to the Silk Road. 2.1.5 Encounter and Division of Labor Between Ancient Greeks and Scyths2.2 Central Asia (CA) Under the Sway of Major Empires of Early Antiquity: Achaemenid, Alexander, and Xiongnu (ca. 550 BCE-150 ... ; 2.2.1 Participating in a Giant Sedentary State: Central Asian Oases in the Achaemenid (Persian) Empire (550-330 BCE); 2.2.2 Cosmopolitism and Economic Expansion: Central Asian Oases in the Empire of Alexander and the Hellenistic States (330 BCE ... ; 2.2.2.1 Empire of Alexander: First Major European Colonization Effort in CA (330-323 BCE). 2.2.2.2 Seleucid Empire: Sustained Colonization, Rising International Trade, Prosperity and Inflation2.2.2.3 Twilight of Hellenism in CA: Early Parthian Empire and Greco-Bactrian Kingdom (250-ca. 150 BCE); 2.2.3 East CA in the Xiongnu Empire: Initiation of Transcontinental Silk Trade by the First Major Nomadic State Ruling the Eur ... ; 2.3 The Great Silk Road: Linking Roman and Chinese Empires (150 BCE-350 CE); 2.3.1 China, Driven Primarily by Geopolitical Goals, Establishes the Great Silk Road in CA (ca. 150 BCE-ca. 1 CE). 2.3.1.1 From Tributary Dependence on the Xiongnu to Ruler of the Eastern SR (105 BCE)2.3.1.2 The Kushan State, Parthia, and Other C Asian Participants in Early SR Trade; 2.3.2 Apex: A Transcontinental Economic, Cultural, and Technological Artery Linking Four Flourishing Sedentary Empires (ca. 1 ... ; 2.3.2.1 From the Pivotal Importance of Chinese Silk to the Emergence of an International ``Silk Standard;́́ 2.3.2.2 The Kushan and Parthian Empires and Beyond: Successful SR Intermediaries; 2.3.3 Course of the Main Routes of the SR in Antiquity.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations, maps
• Subjects: 330.958; Economics; Economics; Economic History; Asian History; Economic Geography; Asian Economics; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- General; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Reference; Economic history; History -- Asia -- General; Science -- Earth Sciences -- Geography; Asian history; Economic geography; Economic systems & structures; Management science; Economic history; Geography; Business & Economics -- Economic History; Economic history; Asia, Central -- Economic conditions -- History; Silk Road -- History; Asia, Central; Asia -- Silk Road; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319512136; 3319512137
• Related ISBNs: 9783319512129; 3319512129
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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