1400579The Kings Roadhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-kings-road/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/1095363/bdd7ed6e-c1af-455c-83c4-cd0cde185240.jpg?v=638613043256900000590819MXNPrinceton University PressInStock/Ebooks/An exciting and richly detailed new history of the Silk Road that tells how it became more important as a route for diplomacy than for tradeThe Kings Road offers a new interpretation of the history of the Silk Road, emphasizing its importance as a diplomatic route, rather than a commercial one. Tracing the arduous journeys of diplomatic envoys, Xin Wen presents a rich social history of long-distance travel that played out in deserts, post stations, palaces, and polo fields. The book tells the story of the everyday lives of diplomatic travelers on the Silk Roadwhat they ate and drank, the gifts they carried, and the animals that accompanied themand how they navigated a complex web of geographic, cultural, and linguistic boundaries. It also describes the risks and dangers envoys faced along the wayfrom financial catastrophe to robbery and murder.Using documents unearthed from the famous Dunhuang library cave in Western China, The Kings Road paints a detailed picture of the intricate network of trans-Eurasian transportation and communication routes that was established between 850 and 1000 CE. By exploring the motivations of the kings who dispatched envoys along the Silk Road and describing the transformative social and economic effects of their journeys, the book reveals the inner workings of an interstate network distinct from the Sino-centric tributary system.In shifting the narrative of the Silk Road from the transport of commodities to the exchange of diplomatic gifts and personnel, The Kings Road puts the history of Eastern Eurasia in a new light....1385212The Kings Road590819https://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-kings-road/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/1095363/bdd7ed6e-c1af-455c-83c4-cd0cde185240.jpg?v=638613043256900000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20239780691243207_W3siaWQiOiJhZTc5OGZlZi00NGUxLTQ5ZTgtYmIxZS1hY2Q1YmZlODlmMGIiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjc5OSwiZGlzY291bnQiOjIyNCwic2VsbGluZ1ByaWNlIjo1NzUsImluY2x1ZGVzVGF4Ijp0cnVlLCJwcmljZVR5cGUiOiJXaG9sZXNhbGUiLCJjdXJyZW5jeSI6Ik1YTiIsImZyb20iOiIyMDI0LTEyLTAxVDAwOjAwOjAwWiIsInJlZ2lvbiI6Ik1YIiwiaXNQcmVvcmRlciI6ZmFsc2V9XQ==9780691243207_An exciting and richly detailed new history of the Silk Road that tells how it became more important as a route for diplomacy than for tradeThe Kings Road offers a new interpretation of the history of the Silk Road, emphasizing its importance as a diplomatic route, rather than a commercial one. Tracing the arduous journeys of diplomatic envoys, Xin Wen presents a rich social history of long-distance travel that played out in deserts, post stations, palaces, and polo fields. The book tells the story of the everyday lives of diplomatic travelers on the Silk Roadwhat they ate and drank, the gifts they carried, and the animals that accompanied themand how they navigated a complex web of geographic, cultural, and linguistic boundaries. It also describes the risks and dangers envoys faced along the wayfrom financial catastrophe to robbery and murder.Using documents unearthed from the famous Dunhuang library cave in Western China, The Kings Road paints a detailed picture of the intricate network of trans-Eurasian transportation and communication routes that was established between 850 and 1000 CE. By exploring the motivations of the kings who dispatched envoys along the Silk Road and describing the transformative social and economic effects of their journeys, the book reveals the inner workings of an interstate network distinct from the Sino-centric tributary system.In shifting the narrative of the Silk Road from the transport of commodities to the exchange of diplomatic gifts and personnel, The Kings Road puts the history of Eastern Eurasia in a new light....9780691243207_Princeton University Presslibro_electonico_7df15b15-16bd-3fdb-ac56-20ccaf78100a_9780691243207;9780691243207_9780691243207Xin WenInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/princetonup-epub-939c6f97-e1e5-4aa5-bc1a-a72313ec4aef.epub2023-01-24T00:00:00+00:00Princeton University Press