Central Asia and the Silk Road Economic Rise and Decline over Several Millennia /

• Main Author: Barisitz, Stephan (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Studies in Economic History,
• Subjects: Asia > History.; Economic geography.; Economic history.; Asia > Economic conditions.; Economics.; Economic History.; Asian History.; Economic Geography.; Asian Economics.

This book offers a comprehensive overview of the pre-modern economic history of Central Asia and the Silk Road, covering several millennia. By analyzing an abundance of sources and materials, it illustrates the repeated economic heydays of the Silk Road, during which it linked the Orient and Occiden...

Table of Contents:

• Central Asia and the Silk Road: Definitions and Traits?
• From the Beginnings to the Emergence of the Silk Road
• From Barbarian Invasions to the Turkic Empire, the First Transcontinental Nomadic State (ca. 350 - 700 CE)
• Brushed Aside by Outside Progress: From Relative Decline to Colonization
• Some Lessons and Findings of this Study. .