Rome and China
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Hyun Jin Kim / Emeritus Professor Samuel N.C. Lieu …
Sinossi
Rome and China provides an updated history and analysis of contacts and mutual influence between two of ancient Eurasia’s most prominent imperial powers, Rome and China.
It highlights the extraordinary interconnectivity of ancient Eurasia which allowed for actual contacts between Rome and China (however fleeting) and examines in detail the influences from both ends of Eurasia which had cultural and political consequences for both Rome and China.
This volume will be of interest to anyone working on the Roman Empire, Inner Asia, the Silk Routes and China in the Classical and Late Antique periods.
contents
Introduction
1 Roman envoys and trade ambassadors in Han China
2 The Xiongnu Huns from China and the East to Europe and the Roman Empire
3 Sogdian ambassadors of the Göktürks and the Eastern Roman Empire
4 ‘Nestorian’ Christians and Manichaeans as links between Rome and China
5 Conclusion
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Index