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HISTORY / Asia / General Cover 1 Book Title 4 Copyright 5 Table of Contents 6 Preface 8 Acknowledgements 10 Contributors 12 Introduction : Jeffrey D. Lerner and Yaohua Shi 16 Section One: Acculturation and Hybridization 24 1. The ‘Birth’ of the Silk Road Between Ecological Frontiers and Military Innovation : Nicola Di Cosmo 26 2. Sogdians in Shanxi (386 CE–618 CE): Literary and Archeological Evidence : Xiaoyan Qi 36 3. From Exotic Toys to Objects of Scientific Inquiry: A Special Way of Transmitting European Optical Knowledge in the Qing Dynasty : Yunli Shi 46 4. The Karakorum Highway: Gateway of Empires, Religions, and Commerce : Saba Samee 64 Section Two: Understanding Spice Through Interdisciplinarity 78 5. A TRP Along the Silk Roads: How and Why We Detect and Use Spices : Wayne L. Silver and Cecil J. Saunders 80 6. Silk Road Pharmacy: Debating Theriac and Defining the Natural World : Monique O’Connell 96 7. Spice and Taste in the Culinary World of the Early Modern Mediterranean : Eric Dursteler 112 Section Three: Tradition as Continuity and Change 126 8. Devotional Prints and Practice: Woodcuts from the Library Cave at Dunhuang : Bernadine Barnes 128 9. Dome of Heaven: From the

Author

Jeffrey D. Lerner and Yaohua Shi

Published

2020

Language

EN

Rating

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Updated

2026-03-14