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oapen-20.500.12657-497632021-12-22T15:42:58Z The Economy of Western Xia Shi, Jinbo Li, Hansong Asian history bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBJ Regional & national history::HBJF Asian history This is the first introduction to the economic history of the Tangut Empire (1038-1227). Built on a wealth of economic data and evidence, it studies the economic lives and activities, laws and institutions, trade and transactions in the “Great State White and High”. It interprets primary sources written in the mysterious Tangut cursive script: taxes, registers, and contracts, alongside archives, chronicles, and law codes. By weaving Song, Liao, and Jin materials with Khara-Khoto, Wuwei, and Dunhuang manuscripts into a historical narrative, the book offers a gateway to the outer shape and inner life of the Western Xia (Xixia) economy and society, and rethinks the Tanguts’ influence on the Hexi Corridor and the Silk Road. Readership: Historians interested in East and Inner Asia in the 11th-13th centuries, historians of medieval China: late Tang, Five Dynasties, Liao, Song, Jin Dynasties; Scholars interested in Dunhuang and Tangut studies. 2021-07-06T13:01:54Z 2021-07-06T13:01:54Z 2021 book ONIX_20210706_9789004461291_15 9789004461291 9789004461321 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/49763 eng application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 9789004461321.pdf https://brill.com/abstract/title/60041 Brill 10.1163/9789004461321 10.1163/9789004461321 af16fd4b-42a1-46ed-82e8-c5e880252026 9789004461291 9789004461321 602 open access
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This is the first introduction to the economic history of the Tangut Empire (1038-1227). Built on a wealth of economic data and evidence, it studies the economic lives and activities, laws and institutions, trade and transactions in the “Great State White and High”. It interprets primary sources written in the mysterious Tangut cursive script: taxes, registers, and contracts, alongside archives, chronicles, and law codes. By weaving Song, Liao, and Jin materials with Khara-Khoto, Wuwei, and Dunhuang manuscripts into a historical narrative, the book offers a gateway to the outer shape and inner life of the Western Xia (Xixia) economy and society, and rethinks the Tanguts’ influence on the Hexi Corridor and the Silk Road. Readership: Historians interested in East and Inner Asia in the 11th-13th centuries, historians of medieval China: late Tang, Five Dynasties, Liao, Song, Jin Dynasties; Scholars interested in Dunhuang and Tangut studies.
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