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A Single Pebble
Author | : Bonnie Christensen |
Publsiher | : Roaring Brook Press |
Total Pages | : 40 |
Release | : 2013-11-11 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781466858152 |
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In 9th century China, a little girl sends a small jade pebble to travel with her father along the Silk Road. The pebble passes from his hand all the way to the Republic of Venice, the end of the Silk Road, where a boy cherishes it and sees the value of this gift from a girl at the end of the road. A Neal Porter Book
Stories from the Silk Road
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Barefoot Books |
Total Pages | : 90 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1841488046 |
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Look there are the famous turquoise domes of the mosques. There is the great market, where the silks and spices are traded. And what crowds of people there are in the streets!
The Silk Road
Author | : Kathryn Davis |
Publsiher | : Graywolf Press |
Total Pages | : 144 |
Release | : 2019-03-05 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781555978785 |
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A spellbinding novel about transience and mortality, by one of the most original voices in American literature The Silk Road begins on a mat in yoga class, deep within a labyrinth on a settlement somewhere in the icy north, under the canny guidance of Jee Moon. When someone fails to arise from corpse pose, the Astronomer, the Archivist, the Botanist, the Keeper, the Topologist, the Geographer, the Iceman, and the Cook remember the paths that brought them there—paths on which they still seem to be traveling. The Silk Road also begins in rivalrous skirmishing for favor, in the protected Eden of childhood, and it ends in the harrowing democracy of mortality, in sickness and loss and death. Kathryn Davis’s sleight of hand brings the past, present, and future forward into brilliant coexistence; in an endlessly shifting landscape, her characters make their way through ruptures, grief, and apocalypse, from existence to nonexistence, from embodiment to pure spirit. Since the beginning of her extraordinary career, Davis has been fascinated by journeys. Her books have been shaped around road trips, walking tours, hegiras, exiles: and now, in this triumphant novel, a pilgrimage. The Silk Road is her most explicitly allegorical novel and also her most profound vehicle; supple and mesmerizing, the journey here is not undertaken by a single protagonist but by a community of separate souls—a family, a yoga class, a generation. Its revelations are ravishing and desolating.
The Silk Roads
Author | : Peter Frankopan |
Publsiher | : Vintage |
Total Pages | : 688 |
Release | : 2016-02-16 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781101946336 |
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INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • Far more than a history of the Silk Roads, this book is truly a revelatory new history of the world, promising to destabilize notions of where we come from and where we are headed next. "A rare book that makes you question your assumptions about the world.” —The Wall Street Journal From the Middle East and its political instability to China and its economic rise, the vast region stretching eastward from the Balkans across the steppe and South Asia has been thrust into the global spotlight in recent years. Frankopan teaches us that to understand what is at stake for the cities and nations built on these intricate trade routes, we must first understand their astounding pasts. Frankopan realigns our understanding of the world, pointing us eastward. It was on the Silk Roads that East and West first encountered each other through trade and conquest, leading to the spread of ideas, cultures and religions. From the rise and fall of empires to the spread of Buddhism and the advent of Christianity and Islam, right up to the great wars of the twentieth century—this book shows how the fate of the West has always been inextricably linked to the East. Also available: The New Silk Roads, a timely exploration of the dramatic and profound changes our world is undergoing right now—as seen from the perspective of the rising powers of the East.
Life Along the Silk Road
Author | : Susan Whitfield |
Publsiher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0520232143 |
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The Silk Road was the most traveled trade route for over 1,000 years until it was eclipsed by maritime trade. Whitfield presents composite stories of merchants, soldiers, artists, and princesses who traveled the route, and presents its history through their personal experiences.
The Silk Road
Author | : Kathy Ceceri |
Publsiher | : Nomad Press |
Total Pages | : 212 |
Release | : 2011-01-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9781619300644 |
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From Roman times until the Age of Exploration, the Silk Road carried goods and ideas across Central Asia between two major centers of civilization, the Mediterranean Sea and China. In The Silk Road: Explore the World’s Most Famous Trade Route, readers ages 9–12 will learn about the history, geography, culture, and people of the Silk Road region. Marco Polo was just one of many who set out on the Silk Road in search of wealth, power, or knowledge. These adventurers braved vast deserts, towering mountain peaks, warring tribes, and marauding bandits. Silk garments, wool rugs, and fine glass were the prizes for those who survived the trip. Activities using everyday materials bring the Silk Road to life. Young readers will see how ideas in math, science, religion, and art were spread by travelers along with the treasures they found. The Silk Road takes readers on an exciting, interactive adventure to a faraway place and celebrates its important role in human history and development. .
Silk Road Stories
Author | : Lynda Hausfeld,Mark Hausfeld,Ken Horn |
Publsiher | : Onward Books |
Total Pages | : 207 |
Release | : 2005-01-01 |
Genre | : Missions |
ISBN | : 1880689138 |
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The Silk Road in World History
Author | : Xinru Liu |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 169 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780195338102 |
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The ancient trade routes that made up the Silk Road were some of the great conduits of cultural and material exchange in world history. In this intriguing book, Xinru Liu reveals both why and how this long-distance trade in luxury goods emerged in the late third century BCE, following its story through to the Mongol conquest. Liu starts with China's desperate need for what the Chinese called "the heavenly horses" of Central Asia, and describes how the traders who brought these horses also brought other exotic products, some all the way from the Mediterranean. Likewise, the Roman Empire, as a result of its imperial ambition as well as the desire of its citizens for Chinese silk, responded with easterly explorations for trade. The book shows how the middle men, the Kushan Empire, spread Buddhism to China. Missionaries and pilgrims facilitated cave temples along the mountainous routes and monasteries in various oases and urban centers, forming the backbone of the Silk Road. The author also explains how Islamic and Mongol conquerors in turn controlled the various routes until the rise of sea travel diminished their importance.