Central Asia and the Silk Road : economic rise and decline over several millennia /: economic rise and decline over several millennia. ([2017])
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- Book
- Title:
- Central Asia and the Silk Road : economic rise and decline over several millennia /: economic rise and decline over several millennia. ([2017])
- Main Title:
- Central Asia and the Silk Road : economic rise and decline over several millennia
- 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 AlexanderAcknowledgements; 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. … (more)
- 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
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- 9783319512129
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