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When Most People Think Of The Roman Empire, They Think Of A Vast Expanse Of Peace And Order, With The Roman Legions Ready To Put Down Unrest Of Repel Invaders - And They Think Of The World Outside The Empire As Uncivilised, Peopled By Barbarians. Beyond The Frontiers Of The Empire Come The Blank Spaces On The Map. 'outside The Empire' Describes These People And Others, Starting With The 'barbarous' Britons And Gauls On The North-west Side Of The World And Working Eastward To The Great Chinese Empire Of The Han Dynasty. It Also Describes The Trade Routes That Linked Ancient Peoples Together, And The Goods They Exchanged - Amber From The Baltic, Purple Dye From Morocco, Incense From Arabia, Spices From The Indies, Pearls From Ceylon, And Silk Brought Along The Famous Silk Road From China. Contents: 1. The Celts 2. The Germans 3. Eastern Europe 4. Africa 5. Arabia And The Incense Routes 6. The Parthians And Sasanians 7. India 8. South-east Asia And The Spice Routes 9. China 10. Central Asia And The Silk Routes. By N.h.h. Sitwell. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. [199]-213.

Author

N.H.H. Sitwell

Publisher

Hamish Hamilton

Published

1984

Language

EN

ISBN

9780241113189

Subjects

History, Humanities