The Silk Road: Travel and Trade in Premodern Inner Asia
First Edition| ©2018 Scott C. Levi
ISBN:9781319186586
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This document collection illustrates the great diversity of individuals and groups involved in the Silk Road trade and the commercial tools at their disposal. Students are guided through their analysis of the primary sources with an author-provided learning objective, central question, and historical context.
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Scott C. Levi
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The Silk Road: Travel and Trade in Premodern Inner Asia
First Edition| 2018
Scott C. Levi
Table of Contents
Central QuestionLearning Objective
Historical Background
Primary Sources
Zhang Qian’s (Chang K’ién) Report to the Han Emperor Wudi, c. 125 B.C.E
Buddhist Monk Xuanzang, Records of the Western World, c. 629
Marco Polo’s Account of His Travels to the East, c. 1298
Francesco Balducci Pegolotti, Excerpts from “Notices on the Land Route to Cathay,” c. 1340
Anthony Jenkinson, Report to Company Shareholders on Trade of Bokhara with India, Persia, Russia and China, 1560
Jean Chardin, Description of Making Bricks in Persia, c. 1675
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The Silk Road: Travel and Trade in Premodern Inner Asia
First Edition| 2018
Scott C. Levi
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The Silk Road: Travel and Trade in Premodern Inner Asia
First Edition| 2018
Scott C. Levi
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