Premodern Travel in World History

Name: Premodern Travel in World History
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ISBN: 9780415229418

ISBN-10: 0415229413

ISBN-13: 9780415229418

Edition: 2008

Authors: Stephen Gosch, Peter Stearns, Peter Stearns

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This book features some of the greatest travellers in human historynbsp; people who undertook long journeys to places they knew little or nothing about. From Roman tourists, to the establishment of the Silk Road; an epic trek round China and India in thenbsp;seventh century, to Marco Polo andnbsp;through to the first speculations on space travel, Premodern Travel in World History provides an overview of long-distance travel in Afro-Eurasia from around 400BCE to 1500. This survey uses succinct accounts of the most epic journeys in the premodern world as lenses through which to examine the development of early travel, trade and cultural interchange between China, central Asia, India and…

Book details

List price: $46.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Publication date: 11/14/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 190
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.13" long x 0.47" tall
Weight: 0.814
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Preface



Introduction



Beginnings to 1000 BCE



The classical period



The Middle East and the Mediterranean region, 1000 BCE-500 CE



China, Central Asia, and the establishment of the Silk Road, 200 BCE-500 CE



The post-classical period



Buddhist journeys, 400-900 CE



A decisive new framework



Muslim travelers, 700-1400 CE



Marco Polo and the heritage of Christian travel



An explosion of travel: the fifteenth century and beyond



Conclusion


Index