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
- Part II Movements, Contacts, and Exchanges
- 9 Genetic History and Migrations in Western Eurasia, 500–1000
- 10 Northern Invaders
- 11 Chinese and Inner Asian Perspectives on the History of the Northern Dynasties (386–589) in Chinese Historiography
- 12 Xiongnu and Huns
- 13 Ethnicity and Empire in the Western Eurasian Steppes
- 14 The Languages of Christianity on the Silk Roads and the Transmission of Mediterranean Culture into Central Asia
- 15 The Spread of Buddhist Culture to China between the Third and Seventh Centuries
- 16 The Circulation of Astrological Lore and Its Political Use BETWEEN the Roman East, Sasanian Iran, Central Asia, India, and the Türks
- 17 Luminous Markers
- Part III Empires, Diplomacy, and Frontiers
- Epilogue
- Glossary of Chinese Terms
- Bibliography
- Index
16 - The Circulation of Astrological Lore and Its Political Use BETWEEN the Roman East, Sasanian Iran, Central Asia, India, and the Türks
from Part II - Movements, Contacts, and Exchanges
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 April 2018
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
- Part II Movements, Contacts, and Exchanges
- 9 Genetic History and Migrations in Western Eurasia, 500–1000
- 10 Northern Invaders
- 11 Chinese and Inner Asian Perspectives on the History of the Northern Dynasties (386–589) in Chinese Historiography
- 12 Xiongnu and Huns
- 13 Ethnicity and Empire in the Western Eurasian Steppes
- 14 The Languages of Christianity on the Silk Roads and the Transmission of Mediterranean Culture into Central Asia
- 15 The Spread of Buddhist Culture to China between the Third and Seventh Centuries
- 16 The Circulation of Astrological Lore and Its Political Use BETWEEN the Roman East, Sasanian Iran, Central Asia, India, and the Türks
- 17 Luminous Markers
- 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. 235 - 252Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2018
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