scholarly journals Silk Roads to Riches: Persistence Along an Ancient Trade Network

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zofia Ahmad ◽  
Luke Chicoine
Keyword(s):  
Afghanistan ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 171-194
Author(s):  
Warwick Ball

The Silk Road as an image is a relatively new one for Afghanistan. It appeals to both the pre-Islamic and the perceived Islamic past, thus offering an Islamic balance to previous identities linked to Bamiyan or to the Kushans. It also appeals to a broader and more international image, one that has been taken up by many other countries. This paper traces the rise of the image of the Silk Road and its use as a metaphor for ancient trade to encompass all contacts throughout Eurasia, prehistoric, ancient and modern, but also how the image has been adopted and expanded into many other areas: politics, tourism and academia. It is argued here that the origin and popularity of the term lies in late 20th century (and increasingly 21st century) politics rather than any reality of ancient trade. Its consequent validity as a metaphor in academic discussion is questioned


2010 ◽  
Vol 79 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Denise Demetriou
Keyword(s):  

2021 ◽  
Vol 71 ◽  
pp. 101981
Author(s):  
Jiaman Li ◽  
Xiucheng Dong ◽  
Qingzhe Jiang ◽  
Kangyin Dong ◽  
Guixian Liu

1941 ◽  
Vol 73 (4) ◽  
pp. 299-316 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aurel Stein

In the spring of 1938 I was able with valuable help from the Royal Air Force and the material support of the Iraq Petroleum Company to carry out a survey of ancient remains along a portion of Rome's Mesopotamian Limes in the extreme north-west of Iraq. These explorations were closely connected with the researches which Père A. Poidebard, S.J., had effected before on the Syrian Limes and recorded in a masterly publication. In the following autumn the survey was resumed by me with the same generous aid and continued until May, 1939, along all routes protected by Roman defences that could be traced from the Tigris and Euphrates into the Syrian desert and thence through Transjordan down to the Gulf of Aqaba.


PLoS ONE ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. e100338 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tsuyoshi Deguchi ◽  
Katsuhide Takahashi ◽  
Hideki Takayasu ◽  
Misako Takayasu

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