Book contents
- Empires and Exchanges in Eurasian Late Antiquity
- Empires and Exchanges in Eurasian Late Antiquity
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Maps and Figures
- Contributors
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Maps
- Introduction
- Part I Historical Thresholds
- 1 How the Steppes Became Byzantine
- 2 The Relations between China and the Steppe
- 3 Sasanian Iran and the Projection of Power in Late Antique Eurasia
- 4 Trade and Exchanges along the Silk and Steppe Routes in Late Antique Eurasia
- 5 Sogdian Merchants and Sogdian Culture on the Silk Road
- 6 “Charismatic” Goods
- 7 The Synthesis of the Tang Dynasty
- 8 Central Asia in the Late Roman Mental Map, Second to Sixth Centuries
- Part II Movements, Contacts, and Exchanges
- Part III Empires, Diplomacy, and Frontiers
- Epilogue
- Glossary of Chinese Terms
- Bibliography
- Index
1 - How the Steppes Became Byzantine
Rome and the Eurasian Nomads in Historical Perspective
from Part I - Historical Thresholds
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Book contents
- Empires and Exchanges in Eurasian Late Antiquity
- Empires and Exchanges in Eurasian Late Antiquity
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Maps and Figures
- Contributors
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Maps
- Introduction
- Part I Historical Thresholds
- 1 How the Steppes Became Byzantine
- 2 The Relations between China and the Steppe
- 3 Sasanian Iran and the Projection of Power in Late Antique Eurasia
- 4 Trade and Exchanges along the Silk and Steppe Routes in Late Antique Eurasia
- 5 Sogdian Merchants and Sogdian Culture on the Silk Road
- 6 “Charismatic” Goods
- 7 The Synthesis of the Tang Dynasty
- 8 Central Asia in the Late Roman Mental Map, Second to Sixth Centuries
- Part II Movements, Contacts, and Exchanges
- Part III Empires, Diplomacy, and Frontiers
- Epilogue
- Glossary of Chinese Terms
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Empires and Exchanges in Eurasian Late AntiquityRome, China, Iran, and the Steppe, ca. 250–750, pp. 19 - 34Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2018
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