The Silk Road: Travel and Trade in Premodern Inner Asia
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Table of Contents
Learning 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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Authors
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Scott C. Levi
Table of Contents
Learning 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
Project Questions
Additional Assignments
Additional Resources for Research
Product Updates
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