Old World Encounters Cross-Cultural Contacts and Exchanges in Pre-Modern Times

Name: Old World Encounters Cross-Cultural Contacts and Exchanges in Pre-Modern Times
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ISBN: 9780195076400

ISBN-10: 0195076400

ISBN-13: 9780195076400

Edition: 1993

Authors: Jerry H. Bentley

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Since the year 1492, contacts between different cultures have clearly influenced all peoples on earth. By no means, however, did cross-cultural encounters begin with the discovery of the New World. This book examines cross-cultural encounters before 1492, focusing in particular on the ways in which cultural traditions won converts in foreign cultures. Bentley focuses on the major cross-cultural influences that transformed Asia and Europe during this period: The ancient silk roads that linked China with the Roman Empire, the spread of the world religions, and the Mongol Empire of the thirteenth century. His goal throughout the work is to examine the conditions - political, social, economic,…

Book details

List price: $94.99
Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/7/1993
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 8.27" wide x 5.51" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



List of Maps



Cross-Cultural Contacts and Exchanges



The Era of the Ancient Silk Roads



Missionaries, Pilgrims, and the Spread of the World Religions



The Age of the Nomadic Empires



Toward a New World Order


Bibliography


Index