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Religions of the Silk Road : premodern patterns of globalization / Richard Foltz.

Title
Religions of the Silk Road : premodern patterns of globalization / Richard Foltz.
Author
Foltz, Richard C., 1961-
Publication
New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.

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Description
xiii, 190 p. : map; 21 cm.
Summary
"Traces the spread of religions and cultures along the trans-Eurasian trade routes over a period of more than two millennia. Indian, Iranian, Semitic, and Mediterranean ideas all followed the same trajectory through Central Asia to China and beyond, picking up additional elements and sometimes being radically transformed along the way. This age-old pattern shows how the transmission of culture and the development of economic networks have always been inextricably linked, laying a precedent for the globalizing trends seen today"--Back cover.
Subjects
Genre/Form
History
Note
  • Previous ed.: Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1999.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
The Silk Road and its travelers -- Religion and trade in ancient Eurasia -- Buddhism and the Silk Road -- A refuge of heretics : Nestorians and Manicheans on the Silk Road -- The Islamization of the Silk Road -- Ecumenical mischief -- A melting pot no more -- The religion of the market.
ISBN
  • 9780230621251 (pbk.)
  • 0230621252 (pbk.)
OCLC
  • 520717117
  • SCSB-11227179
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library