Format:
1 Online-Ressource
ISBN:
9789047406990
Series Statement:
Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 8 Uralic & Central Asian Studies v. 10
Content:
Preliminary Material -- General Introduction -- Introduction -- The Origins of the Sogdian Network: An Attempt at Chronological Delimitation -- About the Ancient Letters -- Trade with India -- Introduction -- Sogdiana, a Major Center of Trade -- In China -- Structures -- Introduction -- The Turco-Sogdian Milieux -- Ambassadors and Merchants: The Western Routes -- Introduction -- The Sogdians in the Islamic World -- Ruptures and Assimilations -- General Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index of Subjects -- Index of Names -- Geographical Index -- Index of Sources -- Handbuch der Orientalistik.
Content:
The Sogdian Traders were the main go-between of Central Asia from the fifth to the eighth century. From their towns of Samarkand, Bukhara, or Tashkent, their diaspora is attested by texts, inscriptions or archaeology in all the major countries of Asia (India, China, Iran, Turkish Steppe, but also Byzantium). This survey for the first time brings together all the data on their trade, from the beginning, a small-scale trade in the first century BC up to its end in the tenth century. It should interest all the specialists of Ancient and Medieval Asia (including specialists of Sinology, Islamic Studies, Iranology, Turkology and Indology) but also specialists of Medieval Economic History
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004142527
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Sogdian Traders: A History Leiden ; Boston : BRILL, 2005 ISBN 9789004142527
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1163/9789047406990
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