Religions of the Silk Road: Overland Trade and Cultural Exchange from Antiquity to the Fifteenth Century
By R. Foltz.
Description
During the latter decades of the nineteenth century, popular European fascination with the world beyond reached an all-time high. The British and French empires spanned the globe, and their colonial agents sent home exotic goods and stories. The Silk Route dates from this romantic period, in name if not in reality. In the century since its invention as a concept, the Silk Route has captured and captivated the Western imagination. It has given us images of fabled cities and exotic peoples. Religions of the Silk Road tells the story of how religions accompanied merchants and their goods along...
ISBN(s)
0312233388, 9780312233389
